Hospital care for children and young adults in the last year of life: a population-based study

Table 4 Timing of first hospitalization during the last year of life.

TIME INTERVAL *	PROPORTION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD THEIR FIRST HOSPITALIZATION DURING TIME INTERVAL *																TOTAL
Day:	1	2	3–7
Week:				2	3–4
Month:	1					2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
AGE AT DEATH	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
All Individuals
< 1 week	88.5	5.3	0.4														94.1
1–4 weeks	73.7	4.4	1.8	3.5	2.1												85.4
1–12 months	47.4	2.0	1.5	0.7	1.5	2.5	1.6	1.0	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	59.7
> 1 year	2.1					1.6	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.6	1.4	1.0	1.6	1.8	1.9	17.8	34.9
CCC Individuals
< 1 week	92.6	6.8	0.7														100
1–4 weeks	87.2	6.4	1.7	4.1	0.6												100
1–12 months	80.4	5.9	2.5	1.4	1.4	2.8	2.8	1.1	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	100
> 1 year	8.1					5.4	5.1	4.6	4.8	5.5	5.1	3.4	4.8	6.3	6.5	23.9	83.5

* For individuals who died during infancy, the time interval refers to when the first hospitalization occurred, measured in days, weeks, or months of life. For individuals who died past infancy, the time interval refers to when the first hospitalization occurred during the last year of life, measured in months counted from 1 (12 months prior to death) to 12 (the month in which death occurred).

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