QuickStats: Percentage of Deaths, by Place of Death — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2000–2018

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Abbreviation: LTC = long-term care.

• Percentage was calculated as the number of deaths occurring in a location divided by all deaths with known location, multiplied by 100.

† Excludes deaths in which decedent was dead on arrival at a hospital, clinic, or medical center and those for which place of death was unknown.

The percentage of deaths from all causes that occurred in a hospital decreased from 48.0% in 2000 to 35.1% in 2018. During that period, the percentage of deaths that occurred in the decedent’s home increased from 22.7% to 31.4%, and the percentage that occurred in a long-term care facility (hospice, nursing home, long-term care) increased from 22.9% to 26.8%.

Source: National Vital Statistics System. Underlying cause of death data, 2000–2018. https://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html.

Reported by: R. Henry Olaisen, PhD, okm7@cdc.gov; 301-458-4438.

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