Forensic autopsies in Norway 1996-2017: A retrospective study of factors associated with deaths undergoing forensic autopsy.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Forensic autopsies are important for the investigation of deaths with a legal or public-health interest, as well as being a source for cause-of-death statistics. The aim of this study was to investigate the use of forensic autopsies in Norway, with a special emphasis on geographical variation.

Methods

Data from the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry for the years 1996-2017 included 920,232 deaths and 37,398 forensic autopsies. We used logistic regression to identify factors that were associated with the proportion of forensic autopsies, grouped according to the registered cause of death. Explanatory variables were age and sex, place of death, police district, population size and urbanity level of the municipality and distance to the autopsy facility.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Lycke Ellingsen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9152604 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature