Table 5.

Reasons for refusal of non-coroner’s necropsy requests

Reason for refusal	No. of refused requests	Percentage of total refusal (%)
Request made too long after death (>4 days)	13	37
No consent received from relatives	10	29
HIV positivity of patient	5	14
No reason stated	5	14
Necropsy deemed unfruitful by pathologist	2	6
Total	35	100

HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.