Prevalence of diagnosis (non-cancer) in hospitalised palliative patients in Spain and Sweden
| Spain | Sweden | |||||
| All (n=76) | Male (n=39) | Female (n=37) | All (n=90) | Male (n=46) | Female (n=44) | |
| Diagnosis (non-cancer); % | ||||||
| Acute myocardial infarction | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 11.4 |
| Chronic renal failure | 6.6 | 7.7 | 5.4 | 10.0 | 15.2 | 4.5 |
| Circulatory insufficiency | 13.2* | 12.8 | 13.5 | 4.4 | 6.5 | 2.3 |
| Congestive heart failure | 3.9 | 2.6 | 5.4 | 37.8*** | 39.1*** | 36.4** |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 18.4* | 23.1 | 13.5 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 6.8 |
| Dementia | 26.3*** | 17.9* | 35.1*** | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| Haemorrhage | 5.3 * | 2.6 | 8.1 | – | – | – |
| Intestinal inflammation | 2.6 | – | 5.4 | – | – | – |
| Liver failure | 7.9 | 12.8* | 2.7 | 2.2 | – | 4.5 |
| Parkinson | 7.9* | 7.7 | 8.1 | 1.1 | 2.2 | – |
| Pneumonia | 1.3 | 2.6 | – | 4.4 | 6.5 | 2.3 |
| Sclerosis | 3.9 | – | 8.1 | – | – | – |
| Septicaemia | 3.9 | 2.6 | 5.4 | – | – | – |
| Stroke | 14.5 | 15.4 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 17.4 | 11.4 |
Significant difference between the countries (indicated with * at the higher value).
*P<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.