Anticipated deaths with physician care () at home in one town in Japan: A preliminary report.

Background: There are few reports on the numbers of anticipated deaths ( [り]) at home in Japan.

Method: We used the Japanese death certificate system ( []) for Toyono town citizens who died between 2020 and 2022 and judged a death to constitute when the certificate was not written by a doctor referred from the police.

Results: Among 756 deaths, 109 (14.