· The number of inpatient hospital deaths decreased 8%, from 776,000 in 2000 to 715,000 in 2010, while the number of total hospitalizations increased 11%.
· In 2000, 2005, and 2010, about one-quarter of inpatient hospital deaths were for patients aged 85 and over.
· Hospital death rates declined overall from 2000 to 2010 but increased 17% for septicemia.
· Patients who died in the hospital had longer hospital stays than all patients. In 2010, those who died stayed an average of 7.9 days compared with 4.8 days for all patients.
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