Characteristics of in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiovascular deaths, Swiss hospital discharge data and mortality data, 2017–2020
| Year | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Total CVD deaths | 21 042 | 20 596 | 19 901 | 20 511 | ||||
| In-hospital deaths | 5061 | (24.0) | 5000 | (24.3) | 5030 | (25.3) | 4796 | (23.4) |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 2748 | (54.30) | 2706 | (54.12) | 2666 | (53.00) | 2609 | (54.40) |
| Women | 2313 | (45.7) | 2294 | (45.9) | 2364 | (47.0) | 2187 | (45.6) |
| Age groups | ||||||||
| <45 | 65 | (0.33) | 66 | (0.32) | 49 | (0.24) | 45 | (0.24) |
| 45–64 | 487 | (2.3) | 496 | (2.4) | 499 | (2.5) | 490 | (2.4) |
| 65–84 | 2438 | (11.6) | 2352 | (11.4) | 2330 | (11.7) | 2326 | (11.3) |
| ≥85 | 2049 | (9.7) | 2065 | (10.0) | 2126 | (10.7) | 1910 | (9.3) |
| NA | 22 | (0.1) | 21 | (0.1) | 26 | (0.1) | 25 | (0.1) |
| Swiss nationals | 4405 | (87.0) | 4275 | (85.5) | 4376 | (87.0) | 4090 | (85.3) |
| Out-of-hospital deaths | 15 981 | (76.0) | 15 596 | (75.7) | 14 871 | (74.7) | 15 715 | (76.6) |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 6841 | (42.81) | 6712 | (43.04) | 6448 | (43.36) | 6959 | (44.28) |
| Women | 9140 | (57.2) | 8884 | (57.0) | 8423 | (56.6) | 8756 | (55.7) |
| Age groups | ||||||||
| <45 | 72 | (0.3) | 84 | (0.4) | 90 | (0.5) | 77 | (0.4) |
| 45–64 | 697 | (3.3) | 643 | (3.1) | 599 | (3.0) | 681 | (3.3) |
| 65–84 | 4988 | (23.7) | 4700 | (22.8) | 4534 | (22.8) | 4630 | (22.6) |
| ≥85 | 10 246 | (48.7) | 10 190 | (49.5) | 9674 | (48.6) | 10 352 | (50.5) |
| Swiss nationals | 14 975 | (93.7) | 14 609 | (93.7) | 13 858 | (93.2) | 14 528 | (92.5) |
Results are expressed as number of participants (percentage)
CVD, cardiovascular disease; NA, not available.