Patterns of care, England 2022

The factsheet for England describes patterns of care near the end of life related to 4 major conditions:

  • cancer
  • cardiovascular disease
  • dementia
  • respiratory disease

It also includes experimental statistics describing:  

  • the number of people who died in 2022
  • their causes of death
  • demographic characteristics (age, sex, ethnic group, deprivation quintile)
  • hospital admissions
  • length of stay in hospital
  • place of death 

Access the ‘Palliative and end of life care factsheet: Patterns of care, England 2022'. The data is available as a spreadsheet and the graphics and tables are available as slides.   

  

Care homes

The factsheets for England and upper tier local authorities (UTLAs) includes:

  • residents who die elsewhere
  • COVID-19 deaths in care homes
  • dementia amongst those who died in care homes
  • data on care home bed availability by service speciality

Access the care home factsheet. The data is available as a spreadsheet.

 

Place of death

These factsheets are for Integrated Care Boards (ICBs). They provide the most recent data available on trends in place of death and compares this with the pattern seen in 2019 as a baseline.

It compares ICB and England data from 2019 to 2023 for:

  • the number and percentage of deaths in hospitals (acute or community, not psychiatric)
  • at home
  • in care homes
  • in hospices (not community)
  • other places

Access the place of death factsheet. The data is available as a spreadsheet.

 

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