Luxembourg vs Netherlands: Autopsy rate

Luxembourg
1.8%
in 2020
Netherlands
1.5%
in 2020
Luxembourg rank
34th
Netherlands rank
35th

Autopsy rate over time

  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Luxembourg currently reports 1.8% against 1.5% in Netherlands, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Luxembourg's figure about 1.2 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Netherlands ahead.

Luxembourg ranks 34th and Netherlands ranks 35th of 39 regions.

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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.