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|---|---|---|
| Cancer | 69% | 74% |
| Emphysema or other lung disease | 7% | 8% |
| End stage heart failure | 8% | 7% |
| Dementia or Alzheiner's disease | 3% | 3% |
| Motor neurone disease or multiple sclerosis | 3% | 2% |
| Stroke | 2% | 1% |
| End stage kidney failure | 2% | 1% |
| End stage liver failure | 1% | 2% |
| Parkinson's disease | 1% | 1% |
| Other | 5% | 3% |
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Release date
December 2014
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Region
United Kingdom (England)
Survey time period
January to December 2013
Number of respondents
2,167*
Age group
16 years and older
Special properties
Aged 16 and over who had someone close to them die in the last five years
Method of interview
Face-to-face interview
Supplementary notes
* Weighted bases: n (men)= 991, n (women)= 1,176
The source provides the following information:
- cases where the participant did not know the illness the person died of are excluded from this table.
- participants could select more than one illness.
This statistic is using original data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the
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