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Death Investigation in America

Florida Medical Examiner District 4

Jurisdiction Duval County, Fla.
Clay County, Fla.
Nassau County, Fla.
Columbia County, Fla.
Columbia County, Fla.
Lafayette County, Fla.
Suwannee County, Fla.
Web site http://www.coj.net/...
Accreditation None  
Forensic Pathologists
3
Board Certified 		0
Part-time Certified 		1
Uncertified 		0
Part-time Uncertified
Fellows 0
Note Duval County services four counties -- Columbia, Hamilton, Lafayette and Suwannee -- that fall within Florida Medical Examiner District 3. The County also performs autopsies on Union County prison inmates who die in the Duval County hospital.
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  Autopsy Rate vs. Expected
expected
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Population
 
1.17M
 
1.19M
 
1.21M
 
1.23M
 
1.24M
 
1.25M
 
N/A
Autopsies
 
1,038
 
1,118
 
1,165
 
1,252
 
1,199
 
1,197
 
1,074
  Contract Autopsies
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
N/A
Forensic Pathologists
 
4
 
4
 
4
 
4
 
4
 
4
 
4
Part-time/ Provisional Forensic Pathologists
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
N/A
Annual Budget
 
$1.79M
 
$2.1M
 
$2.19M
 
$2.45M
 
$3.12M
 
$3.11M
 
$3.16M