This statistic depicts the duration of illness of individuals before they died in England in 2015. Of respondents to the survey, 43.8 percent of individuals said the deceased had been ill for a year or more before they died.
How long had he/she been ill before he/she died?
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (April 22, 2016). How long had he/she been ill before he/she died? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 20, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/474726/duration-of-illness-before-death-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "How long had he/she been ill before he/she died?." Chart. April 22, 2016. Statista. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/474726/duration-of-illness-before-death-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2016). How long had he/she been ill before he/she died?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/474726/duration-of-illness-before-death-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "How Long Had He/She Been Ill before He/She Died?." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Apr 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/474726/duration-of-illness-before-death-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK), How long had he/she been ill before he/she died? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/474726/duration-of-illness-before-death-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited April 20, 2024)
How long had he/she been ill before he/she died? [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), April 22, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/474726/duration-of-illness-before-death-united-kingdom-uk/