In the United States, about a third of deaths occur in hospitals. It seems around 20% die in nursing homes. This would place approximately half of U.S. deaths in other places.
"32 percent of all deaths in the U.S. in 2007 occurred in the hospital....
Among the elderly, 31 percent of deaths occurred in the hospital, while 34 percent of nonelderly deaths took place in the hospital."
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_91474.html
"Twenty percent of deaths in the United States occur in nursing homes..."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18043014
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