Type of care and principal diagnosis groups

In 2014–15, 62% of Acute care separations that ended in death had a principal diagnosis in either Diseases of the circulatory system (25%, 12,254), Diseases of the respiratory system (19%, 9,547) or Neoplasms (17%, 8,248) (Figure 10).

For Palliative care separations ending in death, 60% had a principal diagnosis in Neoplasms (15,405), while Diseases of the circulatory system was the second most common diagnosis chapter (11%, 2,876) (Figure 10).

Figure 10: Proportion of deaths in hospital by ICD-10-AM principal diagnosis chapter and type of care, 2014–15

This horizontal bar chart shows the proportion of deaths in hospital; by principal diagnosis chapter and type of care (Acute care and Palliative care). The chart shows that 62%25 of Acute care separations that ended in death had a principal diagnosis in either Diseases of the circulatory system (25%25), Diseases of the respiratory system (19%25) or Neoplasms (17%25). The chart shows for Palliative care separations ending in death, 60%25 had a principal diagnosis in Neoplasms, while 11%25 were Diseases of the circulatory system.

Source: NHMD.