1一般资料在我科住院病人中，自1994年5月～1997年12月的42个月中，共死亡老年患者136人，经总结分析，显示出了老年死亡原因的特点。136例死亡病人中．男120例，女16例，年龄60～92岁。2结果2．1通过对136例病人进行死因分析，统计出了前六位主要死亡原因，见表1。表1136例病 1 General Information Among the inpatients in our department, from the year of May 1994 to December of December of 1997, a total of 136 elderly patients died. After summarizing and analyzing, it shows the characteristics of the cause of death in old age. Among 136 dead patients. 120 males and 16 females, aged 60-92 years old. 2 Results 2.1 Through the analysis of the cause of death of 136 patients, the top six causes of death were counted, as shown in Table 1. Table 1136 cases of illness