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Objective To understand the epidemiological characteristics and hospitalization death disease composition of elderly hospitalized patients aged 65 years and over in Dongguan city, and provide scientific basis for the health prevention and health care work of relevant departments. Methods Through the "Guangdong province medical institutions medical records statistics management system" selected in 2015 in Dongguan city, 65 years old and over hospitalized patients with death of 959 cases, investigated the hospitalization death disease composition, analysis of its age distribution, gender distribution, the distribution of the season of death and so on. Results The top five hospitalization death disease composition were Malignant neoplasms, Ischaemic heart diseases, Cerebrovascular diseases, Pneumonia and Injury, accounting for 65. 17％ of the deaths. There were significant differences in mortality among different gender groups(P＜0. 05). There were significant differences in mortality among different age groups(P＜0. 05). The distribution of death season is the highest in spring and summer. Conclusion To master the hospitalization death disease composition of elderly hospitalized patients, strengthen health education, reduce mortality and improve the quality of life of the elderly.