Table 5 Estimated life expectancy of deceased patients with adverse events (AEs), preventable AEs and potentially preventable AEs that were associated with death

Life expectancy	Distribution AEs (column %*)	Preventable AEs (column %*)	Potentially preventable deaths (column %*)
Some days	2.3	1.5	0.6
Some weeks	9.2	6.3	4.9
Some months	14.3	11.2	9.2
6–12 months	23.5	24.9	26.4
1–5 years	24.4	28.3	31.3
5–10 years	10.6	10.7	12.3
10–20 years	2.6	1.5	1.8
More than 20 years	1.6	3.4	3.7
Unable to determine	10.8	11.2	8.6
Missing, NA	0.7	1.0	1.2
Total	100	100	100

NA, Not of application
*Percentages were weighted for oversampling of deceased patients admitted to a university hospital.