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From: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on admissions of deceased to an institute of legal medicine in Germany

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Admissions of deceased categorized by places of death from 2018 to mid-2023. (a) The monthly admissions to the Institute of Legal Medicine in Hamburg (left axis) are divided into 9 categories for places of death (see Data Collection). The mortality rate in the city-state of Hamburg (dashed line) is shown on the right axis. The pandemic phase according to the WHO definition (March 11, 2020 to May 5, 2023) is highlighted in a light-orange shade. (b) Percentages for each place of death category for admissions to the Institute of Legal Medicine are shown for the pre-pandemic phase (blue) and the pandemic phase (red). Missing values are marked as NA (not available).

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