For this current reporting year, in addition to reporting place of death for registered deaths, it is also reported for 2004 occurrences. The same basic trends are seen in both tables.
As in previous reports, the place of death is categorised into three types: Public Hospital, Private Hospital. Public Hospitals are government-run institutions, that is, funded by the government while Private, as the name suggests, are supported by non-government or private persons or entities. For the purpose of this report, public and private health institutions are listed in the Appendices. All other places of deaths which are not special health institutions as listed here are classified as “Other”.
In the table showing registered death, it is observed that the parishes with the highest percentages of deaths registered and taking place in public hospitals were Kingston (80.2%), St. James (60.4%) and St. Thomas (48.8%) of their respective parish totals. The leading parishes in respect of private institutions were Kingston, St. Andrew and St. James with 8.1%, 5.8% and 5.8% respectively. For death in other places, the leading parishes were all from the Southern Region: Manchester (84.0%), St. Elizabeth (78.5%) and Clarendon (61.7%).
The average percentages for all parishes were Public (46.4%), Private (3.3%) and Other (50.3%). For the regions, the respective percentages were as follows: South Eastern - 57.2%, 4.7% and 38.1%, North Eastern – 43.4%, 1.1% and 55.5%, Western – 50.5%, 3.3% and 46.2% and Southern – 23.2%, 2.0% and 74.8%.
A comparable trend was seen for deaths occurring in the year 2004 where the parishes with the highest percentages of public deaths were for the same three parishes as for deaths registered with 81.5% (Kingston), 61.6% (St. James) and 51.0% (St. Thomas) for their respective parish totals. For private hospitals, the leading parishes were also the same: Kingston, St. Andrew and St. James with 8.3%, 6.0% and 6.0%. For other places of death, the top three parishes were again Manchester (84.2%), St. Elizabeth (77.8%) and Clarendon (61.2%).
The overall island percentages were Public (46.7%), Private (3.4%) and Other (49.9%). For regional percentages, these were as follows: South Eastern – 58.3%, 4.9% and 36.8%, North Eastern – 43.2%, 1.0% and 55.8%, Western – 51.0%, 3.3% and 45.8% and Southern – 23.4%, 2.0% and 74.7%.
TABLE 12: DEATHS REGISTERED IN 2004 BY PARISH AND PLACE OF DEATH
TABLE 12a: DEATHS OCCURRING IN 2004 BY PARISH AND PLACE OF DEATH