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. 2021 Feb 17;11:3943. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-83587-1

Table 1.

Numbers of hospital autopsy rates, sex and age by period (decade): total and fungal infection autopsies.

Autopsies Sex N (%) Age N (%)
Periods No. of autopsies (N) Autopsy range (%) Male % Female % Newborns (1–29 days) 1 month-14 years 15–29 years 30–44 years 45–59 years 60 years + 
1930–1935 4569 nd 2961 64.8 1608 35.19 933 (20) 1305 (29) 687 (15) 669 (15) 787 (17) 188 (4)
1936–1945 14,718 nd 9019 61.27 5699 38.72 1532 (10.4) 4450 (30.2) 2813 (19) 1826 (12.4) 3086 (21) 1011 (7)
1946–1955 17,922 472–1511 (60–99) 11,365 63.41 6557 36.58 7026 (39) 1479 (8) 2355 (13) 1919 (11) 4131 (23) 1012 (6)
1956–1965 32,943 1438–3770 (62–98) 18,501 56.16 14,442 43.83 5035 (15) 10,753 (32) 3836 (12) 4513 (14) 6769 (20) 2037 (6)
1966–1975 40,500 1443–2254 (67–86) 23,538 58.11 16,962 41.88 7921 (19) 4325 (11) 5375 (13) 12,450 (31) 6481 (16) 3948 (10)
1976–1985 14,073 1288–1774 (83–100) 7741 55 6332 45 1952 (14) 2449 (17) 1601 (11.4) 2009 (14) 4862 (34.5) 1200 (9)
1986–1995 14,518 1714–3186 (51–89) 8636 59.48 5882 40.51 1052 (7) 1127 (7.8) 1445 (10) 2123 (14.6) 5879 (40.5) 2892 (20)
1996–2005 12,713 2366–2921 (30–64) 7007 55.11 5706 44.8 1763 (14) 1471 (11.6) 1652 (13) 2429 (19) 2922 (23) 2476 (19.4)
2006–2015 6448 2788–5137 (10–30) 3465 53.73 2983 46.26 985 (15) 687 (11) 570 (9) 716 (11) 2033 (31) 1457 (23)
Total 158,404 92,233 58.22 66,171 41.77
Autopsies showing invasive fungal infection Sex N (%) Age N (%)
Periods No. of opportunistic fungal infections (N) Incidence (%) Male % Female % Newborns (1–29 days) 1 month–14 years 15–29 years 30–44 years 45–59 years 60 years + 
1930–1935 5 0.10 5 100 0 0 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (20) 3 (60) 1 (20) 0 (0)
1936–1945 32 1.86 28 87.5 4 12.5 0 (0) 2 (6.2) 12 (37.5) 9 (28.1) 9 (28.1) 0 (0)
1946–1955 60 0.33 51 85 9 15 0 (0) 3 (5) 26 (43.3) 25 (41.7) 5 (8.3) 1 (1.7)
1956–1965 103 0.31 78 75.7 25 24.3 12 (11.6) 5 (4.80 21 (20.4) 35 (34) 19 (18.4) 11 (10.7)
1966–1975 86 0.21 67 78 19 22 6 (7) 5 (5.8) 22(25.6) 27 (31.4) 17 (19.7) 9 (10.4)
1976–1985 30 0.21 27 90 3 10 1 (3.3) 0 (0) 7 (23.3) 7 (23.3) 11 (36.7) 4 (13.3)
1986–1995 67 0.46 55 82 12 18 3 (4.4) 1 (1.4) 14 (20.8) 24 (36) 17 (25.4) 8 (12)
1996–2005 384 3.0 255 66.4 129 33.6 31 (8) 20 (5.2) 62 (16.1) 128 (33.3) 79 (20.6) 64 (16.7)
2006–2015 329 5.1 190 58 139 42 24 (7.3) 17 (5.1) 36 (11) 58 (17.6) 99 (30) 95 (29)
Total 1096 756 68.97 340 31.02

Nd no data, d days, m months, y years, N number, % percentage