From: Garbage codes in the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry 1996–2019
Autopsy type | All deaths | Major garbage codes | Minor garbage codes | ||||||
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N | Percent (95% CI) | Median age at death (years) | N | Unadjusted (%) | Age adjusted (%) (95% CI) | N | Unadjusted (%) | Age adjusted (%) (95% CI) | |
Forensic autopsy | 42,074 | 4.2 (4.2–4.2) | 51 | 6953 | 16.5 | 12.8 (11.6–14.2) | 1732 | 4.1 | 5.8 (4.9–6.8) |
Non-forensic autopsy | 46,862 | 4.7 (4.6–4.7) | 72 | 3118 | 6.7 | 7.3 (6.9–7.8) | 2634 | 5.6 | 6.8 (6.4–7.3) |
No autopsy | 911,192 | 91.1 (91.1–91.2) | 82 | 130,733 | 14.3 | 14.6 (14.5–14.7) | 145,299 | 15.9 | 15.8 (15.7–15.9) |
Total | 1,000,128 | 81 | 140,804 | 14.1 | 14.7 (14.6–14.8) | 149,665 | 15.0 | 15.4 (15.3–15.4) |