Use of palliative care service by illness 2013

This statistic displays the use of palliative care services by the person who died from a terminal illness in England in 2013, by gender and illness. In this year, 68 percent of men and 68 percent of women who died from cancer had used palliative care services.

Use of palliative care service by those who died of a terminal illness in England in 2013, by gender and illness

Characteristic	Men	Women
Cancer	68%	68%
Other illness	31%	34%

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Release date

December 2014

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

January to December 2013

Number of respondents

1,969*

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

Aged 16 and over who had someone close to them die in the last five years

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Weighted bases: n (men)= 887, n (women)= 1,082
Personal care is defined as things like helping with washing, dressing, going to the toilet or eating.
Palliative care service use uncludes those who used a palliative care service only and those who had used a palliative care service together with other services.
This statistic is using original data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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