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. 2020 Jun 12;313:110365. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110365

Table 1.

Characteristics of cases.

Characteristics of Cases
2019 2020 p-value
Autopsies performed (N) 125 106
Age (mean/median) ± SD years (64.76/64) ± 20.034 (67.4/70.5) ± 17.175 0.289
Range (min/max) 95 (1/96) 96 (1/97)
Gender N (%) Male 81 (64.8%) 59 (55.7%) 0.157
Female 44 (35.2%) 47 (44.3%)
Nationality N (%) Greek 121 (96.8%) 100 (94.3%) Fisher’s 0.519
Other 4 (3.2%) 6 (5.7%)
Age Groups N (%) 0–9 years 2 (1.6%) 1 (0.9%) 0.266
10–19 years 1 (0.8%) 0 (0.0%)
20–29 years 4 (3.2%) 3 (2.8%)
30–39 years 5 (4.0%) 2 (1.9%)
40–49 years 13 (10.4%) 9 (8.5%) 0.622
50–59 years 27 (21.6%) 15 (14.2%) 0.144
60–69 years 17 (13.6%) 19 (17.9%) 0.367
70–79 years 20 (16%) 31 (29.2%) 0.016
80–89 years 22 (17.6%) 20 (18.9%) 0.803
90–99 years 14 (11.2%) 6 (5.7%) 0.136
Place of Death N (%) Hospital 99 (79.2%) 73 (68.9%) 0.073
Out-of-Hospital 26 (20.8%) 33 (31.1%)
Death Type N (%) Undetermined 3 (2.4%) 1 (0.9%) Not performed due to sample size
Violent 32 (25.6%) 18 (17%) 0.113
Sudden/Unexpected 89 (71.2%) 87 (82.1%) 0.053
Manner of Death in Violent Deaths N (%) Homicide 3 (2.4%) 2 (1.9%) Not performed due to sample size
Suicide 6 (4.8%) 4 (3.8%)
Accident 19 (15.2%) 7 (6.6%)
Undetermined 4 (3.2%) 5 (4.7%)
Specific Cause of death N (%) MI 56 (44.8%) 53 (50%) 0.430
RTA 14 (11.2%) 3 (2.8%) 0.015