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Type of autopsy	Requires family consent?	Performed on every surgical death?	Typical frequency today
Hospital / Clinical autopsy	Yes → family must agree	No	Very low ● usually < 5–10% of hospital deaths
Forensic / Coroner / Medical Examiner autopsy	No → ordered by authority	No ● only in selected cases	Only when: ● death is suspicious / unnatural ● apparently healthy patient dies unexpectedly ● suspected medical error / anesthesia problem ● state or local rules require it for procedural deaths

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U.S. Hospital Autopsy Rules – Simple Table
Do U.S. hospitals perform full autopsies on every patient who dies during surgery?
No.
There is no national legal requirement to automatically perform a full autopsy after an intraoperative death.
Type of autopsy Requires family consent? Performed on every surgical death? Typical frequency today
Hospital / Clinical autopsy Yes → family must agree No Very low
● usually < 5–10% of hospital deaths
Forensic / Coroner / Medical Examiner autopsy No → ordered by authority No
● only in selected cases Only when:
● death is suspicious / unnatural
● apparently healthy patient dies unexpectedly
● suspected medical error / anesthesia problem
● state or local rules require it for procedural deaths
Most deaths during surgery are considered natural (caused by the patient’s underlying disease or known high-risk procedure) and therefore do not trigger a mandatory forensic autopsy.

● Autopsy rates in U.S. hospitals have dropped dramatically since the 1960s–1980s.
● Today many hospitals rarely perform clinical autopsies at all unless the family specifically requests one.

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