Service | Total deaths N (%) | Total NC deaths N (%) | Total necropsies N (%) | Total NC necropsies N (%) | Overall necropsy rate (%) | NC autopsy rate (%) |
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*No clinical service was recorded for one patient. | ||||||
A&E, accident and emergency; ICU, intensive care unit; NC, non-coroner’s; O&G, obstetrics/gynaecology; TMRU, tropical metabolism research unit. | ||||||
Internal medicine | 170 (46.8) | 168 (52.2) | 25 (23.6) | 23 (35.4) | 14.7 | 13.7 |
Surgery | 54 (14.9) | 38 (11.8) | 21 (19.8) | 5 (7.7) | 38.9 | 13.2 |
O&G | 15 (4.1) | 15 (4.7) | 7 (6.6) | 7 (10.8) | 46.7 | 46.7 |
Child health | 36 (9.9) | 36 (11.2) | 12 (11.3) | 12 (18.5) | 33.3 | 33.3 |
A&E | 37 (10.2) | 22 (6.8) | 24 (22.6) | 9 (13.8) | 64.9 | 40.9 |
Oncology | 15 (4.1) | 15 (4.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
ICU | 35 (9.6) | 27 (8.4) | 16 (15.1) | 8 (12.3) | 45.7 | 29.6 |
TMRU | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (1.5) | 100 | 100 |
Total | 363 (100)* | 322 (100) | 106 (100) | 65 (100) | 29.2 | 20.2 |