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Czechia vs Estonia: Autopsy rate

Czechia
13.7%
in 2020
Estonia
17.3%
in 2020
Czechia rank
11th
Estonia rank
9th

Autopsy rate over time

  • Czechia
  • Estonia
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How they compare

Estonia currently reports 17.3% against 13.7% in Czechia, a difference of 3.6%.

That makes Estonia's figure about 1.3 times Czechia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Estonia ahead.

Czechia ranks 11th and Estonia ranks 9th 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.