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Table. 4.

Death Patterns of the Elderly in Long-term Care Facility

Variables N Deaths (N) Average age of death (SD) % p-value*
Total (N) 137,309 25,282 86.7 (7.1) 22.6
Sex Female 108,604 18,134 88.0 (6.6) 16.7 <.0001
Male 28,705 7,148 83.3 (7.3) 24.9
Age 65~74 11,725 1,313 70.6 (2.7) 11.2 <.0001
75~84 51,610 7,919 80.7 (2.6) 15.3
85~94 62,870 12,747 89.2 (2.8) 20.3
95+ 11,104 3,303 97.5 (2.7) 29.8
Grade of long-term care insurance Grade 1 13,622 3,924 85.7 (7.5) 28.8 <.0001
Grade 2 31,396 7,014 86.9 (7.2) 22.3
Grade 3 52,988 9,098 87.0 (7.1) 17.2
Grade 4 36,543 4,959 86.5 (6.7) 13.6
Grade 5 2,497 262 84.5 (6.3) 10.5
Grade 6 263 25 83.1 (5.8) 9.5

*Chi-squared test results

Yakhak Hoeji 2022;66:364-73 https://doi.org/10.17480/psk.2022.66.6.364
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