Human Growth and Development / Unit 17 HGD 2421 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Where Americans Die
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The idea
In twenty seventeen, about thirty-one percent of US deaths occurred at home and thirty percent in hospitals, with home deaths rising since two thousand three.
In practice
Hospital deaths making up about a quarter of deaths in the Netherlands but about two-thirds in Japan.
Where people slip
The misconception is that most Americans die in hospitals; home deaths now slightly outnumber hospital deaths.
Your place on the trail
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