Analysis of Causes of Death as Determined at Autopsy in a Single Institute, The Grant Medical College and Sir J. J. Hospital, Mumbai, India, Between 1884 and 1966: A Retrospective Analysis of 13 024 Autopsies in Adults

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Dhaneshwar Namdeorao LanjewarUlhas Laxman Wagholikar

Abstract

Grant Medical College and Sir J. J. Hospital, Mumbai (India), have a long tradition of clinical autopsies, wherein autopsy records have existed since 1884. The old autopsy records from 1884 to 1966 were discovered during a refurbishing drive of the pathology department in 2007. To know the relative causes of deaths in Sir J. J. Hospital Mumbai from 1884 through 1966. To determine the rate of antemortem and postmortem discrepancies in the prehistology and posthistology era. The reports of clinical autopsies in the archives of the Department of Pathology from January 1884 to December 1966 were reviewed. Data such as sex, age, and clinical and autopsy diagnoses were collected, based on the autopsy records of 13 024 patients. Of 13 024 patients, 10 197 (78%) were male and 2827 (22%) were female. Most deaths (55%) involved individuals ages 21 to 40 years. Infections were the cause of death in 7281 of 13 024 patients (56%), followed by cardiovascular diseases in 2138 (16%) and neoplasms in 963 (7%). The overall disagreement between clinical diagnoses and postmortem findings was 4105 of 13 024 patients (31%). Discrepancy between antemortem and postmortem diagnoses in the prehistology era (before 1950) was found in 3053 of 8951 patient...Continue Reading

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