The term you are referring to may be 'Hospice,' which is a type of care that focuses on terminally ill patients.
the started looking for cures to save more people that where dying from it.
Short answer: The Confederate army went into Gettysburg looking for shoes.
People were still called people. Homo Sapiens had evolved at that time. Neanderthals were also alive but dying out if not already extinct.
Character.
the sun was dying.
Dying.
The average age of people dying in poverty is 20.
why is it challenging to prognosticate for people with dying with chronic illness
Because they're hungry and dying from hunger and disease.
It is called a hospice.
Intestate
The question is underspecified:Do you mean:people dying of plague as a percentage of the total population?people dying from the plague as a percentage of people dying from all causes?In either case, it would also be helpful to know where and when.I would suggest that on Antarctica, in the sixth century, the percentage of people dying from plague was zero!