Table 5.

Observed/expected ratio of autopsies according to duration after cancer diagnosis*

			N deaths	N autopsies	Autopsy rate
No clinical cancer diagnosis			55,493	2443	4.4%
Clinical cancer diagnosis overall			24,971**	1550	6.2%
Cinical cancer diagnosis excluding 0–1 days			24,626	1281	5.2%
		Autopsies
Time between cancer diagnosis and death	N deaths	N observed	N expected	O/E ratio	95% CI
0–1 days	345	269	22,7	11,84	10.42–13.25
2–31 days	1853	287	123,1	2,33	2.06–2.60
32–183 days	4491	275	313,3	0,88	0.70–0.98
184–365 days	2674	132	189,4	0,77	0.58–0.82
1– < 2 years	3068	139	206,7	0,67	0.56–0.78
2– < 3 years	1948	81	120,2	0,67	0.53–0.82
3– < 4 years	1511	76	84,1	0,90	0.70–1.11
4– < 5 years	1218	52	64,3	0,81	0.59–1.03
5– < 10 years	3955	138	178,0	0,78	0.65–0.90
10– < 15 years	2116	56	73,6	0,76	0.56–0.96
15– < 20 years	1105	30	30,8	0,97	0.63–1.32
20 + years	687	15	16,8	0,89	0.44–1.34
Total	24,971	1550	1423,0	1,09	1.03–1.14

^*Not using NLCS data, so inclusion of autopsies from 1991–2014

^**Excluding one case with missing information on date of diagnosis