Post-mortem investigations

You asked

In the UK in 2016 how many post-mortem investigations used post-mortem imaging (computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging) as part of, or solely the investigative methods to determine the cause of death?

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

We produce mortality statistics for England and Wales using the information provided on the death certificate when a death is registered. Unfortunately, whilst we hold information on whether a post-mortem has taken place, we do not know the specific methods used during the investigation.

Statistics on the number of post-mortems which took place in 2016 are available in table 4, section 6.3 of our user guide to mortality statistics:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/methodologies/userguidetomortalitystatisticsjuly2017#certification-of-cause-of-death

Other special extracts and tabulations of deaths data for England and Wales are available (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreement of costs, where appropriate).

You do not need to make a Freedom of Information request and can contact the team directly at: vsob@ons.gov.uk.