Czechia vs Lithuania: Autopsy rate

Czechia
13.7%
in 2020
Lithuania
12.9%
in 2020
Czechia rank
11th
Lithuania rank
13th

Autopsy rate over time

  • Czechia
  • Lithuania
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How they compare

Czechia currently reports 13.7% against 12.9% in Lithuania, a difference of 0.8%.

That makes Czechia's figure about 1.1 times Lithuania's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Lithuania ahead.

Czechia ranks 11th and Lithuania ranks 13th 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.