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. 2006 Aug;23(8):601–603. doi: 10.1136/emj.2005.028134

Table 2 Autopsy rates broken down by age for patients who died within 30 days of admission.

Age (years) Number of deaths Number of autopsies (%)
0–16 1 1 (100)
17–45 30 11 (37)
46–55 30 7 (23)
56–65 66 14 (21)
66–75 153 24 (16)
>75 596 44 (7)