There is no consensus on what constitutes “extensive” and partial mummification.
All cases of mummification discovered between 2002 and 2016 were analyzed. There is no consensus on what constitutes “extensive” and partial mummification. As several cases included both mummification and decomposition, “extensive mummification” for the purposes of this study means mummification of at least 50% of the body skin and “complete mummification” means mummification of 100% of the body skin. The percentage of mummification was established by the “rule of nine” used in burned injuries.