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<p>The Ministry of Justice collates statistics on the number of inquests and post-mortem
investigations commissioned and publishes these annually. They can be found at the
following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics</p><p>
</p><p>Since 2011 deaths of patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 have
been separately recorded along with deaths in other forms of state detention and custody.
However, with this exception deaths are not otherwise sub-categorised by location
and the number of deaths of voluntary patients in treatment and assessment units is
not recorded.</p>
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