BACKGROUND: Most @entity1 with @entity5 prefer to die at home but the majority die in institutions. AIM: To determine place of @entity204 for @entity1 with @entity5 in Belfast, to examine changes over time and identify factors associated with place of @entity204 . METHODS: A survey of @entity204 registered in Belfast over a six-month period for 1977, 1987 and 1997 identified @entity1 dying from @entity5 . Epidemiological data included age, gender, malignancy, social class, marital status, area of residence and place of @entity204 . RESULTS: Home @entity204 fell from 35% in 1977 to 28% in 1997. Hospital @entity204 fell from 50% in 1977 to 40% in 1987 rising to 42% in 1997. Hospice @entity204 rose from 13% in 1977 to 25% in 1987 falling to 23% in 1997. There was an association between place of @entity204 and age, marital status, type of @entity5 and area of residence, but not with social class or gender. CONCLUSION: The majority of @entity1 fail to achieve a home @entity204 . Resources need to be targeted to those most at risk of an institutional @entity204 ; females, the elderly, the unmarried, those with haematological @entity5 and residents of South Belfast.

Where do XXXX with @entity5 die in Belfast?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'people'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death', 'deaths'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer', 'malignancies']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
