Table.
Accuracy of documentation for bodies received in hospital mortuary
| Financial year (April-March) | Total No of bodies | No (%) with documentation failure | Type of discrepancy (hospital deaths only)
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| Name* | Address | Unit No | Wristband | Property | Pacemaker | |||
| 1996-7: | ||||||||
| All bodies | 1920 | 196 (10.2) | ||||||
| Hospital deaths | 1484 | 177 (11.9) | 12 | 8 | 24 | 87 | 38 | 8 |
| 1997-8: | ||||||||
| All bodies | 1835 | 143 (7.8) | ||||||
| Hospital deaths | 1312 | 139 (10.6) | 6 | 2 | 14 | 73 | 27 | 17 |
| 1998-9: | ||||||||
| All bodies | 1947 | 95 (4.9) | ||||||
| Hospital deaths | 1363 | 94 (6.9) | 3 | 11 | 9 | 49 | 16 | 6 |
| 1999-2000: | ||||||||
| All bodies | 2059 | 60 (2.9) | ||||||
| Hospital deaths | 1460 | 58 (4.0) | 4 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 11 | 2 |
*
Minor typographical errors are excluded.