Romania vs Turkey: Autopsy rate

Romania
5.6%
in 2020
Turkey
4.8%
in 2019
Romania rank
24th
Turkey rank
27th

Autopsy rate over time

  • Romania
  • Turkey
468101214198820042020

How they compare

Romania currently reports 5.6% against 4.8% in Turkey, a difference of 0.8%.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.2 times Turkey's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Romania ahead.

Romania ranks 24th and Turkey ranks 27th 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.