Calculating Mortality and Autopsy Statistics

Using the Community Hospital Death Register, compute the following rates. Be sure to show your computations.

1. Compute the gross autopsy rate for the period.

2. Compute the gross autopsy rate for medical patients. (NOTE: Review the definitions for medical and surgical patients above, for this assignment)

3. Compute the gross autopsy rate for surgical patients. (NOTE: Review the definitions for medical and surgical patients above, for this assignment)

4. Compute the gross autopsy rate for patients who expired within two days of surgery.

5. Compute the percentage of total deaths that were surgical. (NOTE: Review the definitions for medical and surgical patients above, for this assignment)

6. Compute the percentage of total deaths that were medical (NOTE: Review the definitions for medical and surgical patients above, for this assignment)

7. Compute the percentage of surgical deaths in which the patient died within two days of surgery.

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