Average total scores across the six Initiative for Paediatric Palliative Care domains according to patient diagnosis
| Medical diagnosis categories | Prevalence (%) | Total score, mean (SD) |
| Respiratory | 38.0 | 52.8 (18.2) |
| Nervous system | 28.9 | 53.4 (17.0) |
| Environmental* | 10.6 | 50.9 (16.8) |
| Infectious | 31.1 | 50.0 (18.1) |
| Eye, ear, nose, throat, craniofacial | 2.8 | 48.6 (24.3) |
| Neonatal | 13.4 | 57.6 (17.5) |
| Gastrointestinal/hepatobiliary | 15.7 | 50.0 (17.9) |
| Circulatory | 22.1 | 56.0 (18.0) |
| Other†| 0.4 | 58.3 (35.7) |
| Orthopaedic/musculoskeletal | 6.0 | 39.4 (18.2) |
| Endocrine/metabolical | 6.8 | 50.6 (18.9) |
| Haematological/oncological | 10.2 | 49.1 (22.2) |
| Renal/urological | 7.8 | 53.2 (22.6) |
| Ungroupable | 1.0 | 45.6 (12.0) |
| Medical/procedural | ||
| Procedural | 18.9 | 48.6 (18.6) |
| Abuse | 0.6 | 62.2 (18.6) |
| Number of comorbidities | ||
| Single major diagnostic category | 26.7 | 51.4 (18.8) |
| Multiple comorbidities | 73.3 | 51.5 (18.5) |
| Total | 100.0 |
*Including poisonings, burns and trauma.
†Including mental health disorders and alcohol and drug use.