Azerbaijan vs Romania: Autopsy rate

Azerbaijan
7.9%
in 2012
Romania
5.6%
in 2020
Azerbaijan rank
21st
Romania rank
24th

Autopsy rate over time

  • Azerbaijan
  • Romania
051015198820042020

How they compare

Azerbaijan currently reports 7.9% against 5.6% in Romania, a difference of 2.3%.

That makes Azerbaijan's figure about 1.4 times Romania's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 15 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Romania ahead.

Azerbaijan ranks 21st and Romania ranks 24th of 39 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Autopsy rate
Unit
%
Source
Paratz et al. (2023); World Health Organization (2022) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
39 places, 1,121 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed

The share of all deaths for which an autopsy was performed. Autopsies may be used to determine the cause of sudden deaths; when there is a lack of doctors and nurses, medical records, or death certificate training; or for other legal or cultural reasons.