Specialty of certifying physician | Number of death certificates issued | Improper | Major error |
N (%) | N (%) | ||
Nephrology | 45 | 24 (53.3) | 12 (26.7) |
Infection | 65 | 29 (44.6) | 8 (12.3) |
Cardiology | 125 | 49 (39.2) | 31 (24.8) |
Emergency | 125 | 42 (33.6) | 22 (17.6) |
Others | 51 | 16 (31.4) | 11 (21.6) |
Neurology | 44 | 13 (29.5) | 6 (13.6) |
Other internal medicine | 62 | 18 (29.0) | 7 (11.3) |
Neurosurgery | 52 | 15 (28.8) | 0 (0.0) |
Paediatrics | 56 | 16 (28.6) | 9 (16.1) |
Critical care medicine | 433 | 118 (27.3) | 54 (12.5) |
Gastroenterology | 157 | 42 (26.8) | 22 (14.0) |
General surgery | 161 | 41 (25.5) | 16 (9.9) |
Respiratory medicine | 115 | 18 (15.7) | 6 (5.2) |
Cardiac surgery | 34 | 4 (11.8) | 2 (5.9) |
Oncology | 995 | 57 (5.7) | 29 (2.9) |
Total | 2520 | 502 (19.9) | 235 (9.3) |