Table 2 Relative contribution of each disease group to expected deaths and uptake of specialist palliative care services within each diagnostic group.
From: Caregivers' perceived adequacy of support in end-stage lung disease: results of a population survey
| Â | Percentage (absolute numbers) | |
|---|---|---|
Diagnosis | ...of deaths | ... who knew specialist palliative care services were utilised |
Cancer | 77.5 (3683) | 52.0 (1917) |
Motor neurone disease and other neurodegenerative disorders | 3.0 (142) | 51.4 (73) |
End-stage lung disease | 9.0 (428) | 37.1 (159) |
End-stage cardiac failure | 4.9 (235) | 28.1 (66) |
End-stage hepatic disease | 0.8 (39) | 35.9 (14) |
End-stage renal failure | 0.9 (43) | 30.2 (13) |
AIDS | 0.4 (17) | 58.8 (10) |
Other diagnoses | 3.5 (167) | 26.3 (44) |
Total | 100.0 (4754) | 48.3 (2296) |