Lithuania vs United Kingdom: Autopsy rate

Lithuania
12.9%
in 2020
United Kingdom
15.6%
in 2020
Lithuania rank
13th
United Kingdom rank
10th

Autopsy rate over time

  • Lithuania
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 15.6% against 12.9% in Lithuania, a difference of 2.7%.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.2 times Lithuania's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Lithuania ahead.

Lithuania ranks 13th and United Kingdom ranks 10th 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.