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46 Chapter 3 TABLE Table 1. Available patient characteristics and clinical aspects Autopsy rate Autopsy torso performed Autopsy torso not performed Autopsy not requested P-value X 2 -test N = 958 N = 147 N = 644 N = 167 (df) Sex male female 14.5% 16.7% 85 62 399 245 102 65 P = 0.650 (2) Age group 18-29 years 30-39 years 40-49 years 50-59 years 60-69 years 70-79 years 80-99 years 8.3% 22.2% 20.6% 14.2% 20.9% 13.9% 6.7% 2 6 14 24 58 32 11 13 15 40 116 178 162 120 9 6 14 29 41 36 32 P = 0.004* (12) Marital status/ Partner Not/ Never married Partner Married Widow(er) Divorced Not registered/ Unknown 19.4% 15.5% 16.3% 11.1% 10.0% 8.8% 27 9 92 6 3 10 84 37 385 39 21 78 28 12 87 9 6 25 P = 0.328 (10) Ethnicity European Dutch Antilles, Aruba and Suriname Arabic Asian Other/ Unknown 17.4% 12.2% 0% 7.7% 3.2% 137 6 0 2 2 524 35 25 17 43 127 8 7 7 18 P = 0.005* (8) Religion Christian Muslim Other None Unknown 16.8% 0% 7.1% 18.3% 15.5% 28 0 1 24 94 116 28 10 90 400 23 11 3 17 113 P = 0.080* (8) Way of dying Sudden/ Unexpected Long illness 15.8% 14.9% 75 72 302 342 97 70 P=0.033 (2) Donation No donation Any donation 14.3% 31.6% 129 18 620 24 152 15 P <0.001* (2) * Expected frequencies did initially not meet criteria for valid Chi Square test, significance level was similar with combined subgroups