In 2004 in England and Wales, there were 514,000 deaths, of which 225,500 were referred to the coroner. Of those, 115,800 (22.5% of all deaths) resulted in post-mortem examinations and there were 28,300 inquests, 570 with a jury. The rate of consented (hospital)<unk>  in the UK and worldwide has declined rapidly over the past 50 years. In the UK in 2013 only 0.7% of inpatient adult deaths were followed by consented<unk> . The<unk>  rate in Germany is below 5% and thus much lower than in other countries in Europe. The governmental reimbursement is hardly sufficient to cover all the costs, so the medical journal Deutsches %C3%84rzteblatt, issued by the German Medical Association makes the effort to raise awareness regarding the underfinancing of<unk> es. The same sources stated that<unk>  rates in Sweden and Finland reach 20 to 30%. In the United States,<unk>  rates fell from 17% in 1980 to 14% in 1985 and 11.5% in 1989, although the figures vary notably from county to county.
Autopsy
Postmortem studies
Search and rescue
Brain mapping
Brain biopsy
Death panel
Neuroproteomics
Viral neuronal tracing