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Written Question
Death
Tuesday 20th October 2015

Asked by: Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of natural deaths occurred (a) at home, (b) in a hospice, (c) in a care home, (d) in the home of a friend or relative and (e) in hospital in each financial year between 2010-11 and 2014-15.

Answered by Ben Gummer

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.

Deaths by place of occurrence, 2010-13, England and Wales


Year

Home

Care home

Hospice

Hospitals

Other communal establishments

Elsewhere

2010

102,416

89,320

25,615

264,962

1,635

9,294

2011

105,354

92,386

26,361

249,387

1,537

9,342

2012

110,111

103,164

27,493

247,732

1,709

9,122

2013

113,071

107,090

27,102

248,238

1,698

9,591

Source: Series DR Mortality Statistics: Deaths Registered in England and Wales, Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Notes:

  1. The latest ONS data on deaths by place of occurrence relate to 2013. Data for 2014 will be released later this year. Data for 2015 will be released in 2016.
  2. Death figures are based on deaths registered rather than deaths occurring in a calendar year. Figures are not collected by financial year.
  3. Place of death is defined using a revised place of death classification.
    1. Deaths at home are those at the usual residence of the deceased (according to the informant)‚ where this is not a communal establishment.
    2. Care homes includes homes for the chronic sick; nursing homes; homes for people with mental health problems and non-NHS multi-function sites.
    3. Hospices include Sue Ryder Homes; Marie Curie Centres; oncology centres; voluntary hospice units; and palliative care centres.
    4. Other Communal Establishments include schools for people with learning disabilities; holiday homes and hotels; common lodging houses; aged persons’ accommodation; assessment centres; schools; convents and monasteries; nurses’ homes; university and college halls of residence; young offender institutions; secure training centres; detention centres; prisons and remand homes.
    5. Elsewhere includes all places not covered above such as deaths on a motorway; at the beach; climbing a mountain; walking down the street; at the cinema; at a football match; while out shopping; or in someone else's home. This category also includes people who are pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.
  4. Data are not collected specifically on deaths occurring in the home of a friend or relative.