Iceland vs Slovakia: Autopsy rate

Iceland
12.0%
in 2020
Slovakia
8.6%
in 2021
Iceland rank
14th
Slovakia rank
17th

Autopsy rate over time

  • Iceland
  • Slovakia
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How they compare

Iceland currently reports 12.0% against 8.6% in Slovakia, a difference of 3.4%.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.4 times Slovakia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 14th and Slovakia ranks 17th 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
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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.