For the month of March Ming Hospital discharged 985 patients. Of those discharges, 12 were deaths, including newborns, 7 of which underwent autopsy. Calculate the gross autopsy rate.

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The gross autopsy rate is the number of autopsies performed divided by the total number of deaths. In this case, 7 autopsies were performed out of 12 deaths, so the gross autopsy rate is 7/12 = 0.5833, or 58.3%.

For the Month of March Ming Hospital Discharged 985 Patients