ProPublica Forensics API

Field	Description	Possible values
`name`	State or county Name.
`kind`	Whether the geo is a state or a county	`state`, `county`
`postal_abbreviation`	State postal abbreviation (e.g. TX). If the geo is a county, the `postal_abbreviation` will reflect its parent state.
`note`	Extra details about this geo.
`system_types`	An object containting systems associated with this geo with values for `medical_examiner_system` and `coroner_system`. In the case of county geos, we report if the county is part of a `state`, `county` or `district` system (or `none` at all). If we don't have data, it will return `unavailable`. In the case of states, we return the same values, though we also add `county_state` for states that have a statewide system with exception counties, and `sometimes` for when certain counties have medical examiner systems and others have coroner systems. At the county level, we return `unavailable` when we haven't gathered data for the county, and we can't deduce the system type from its parent state (i.e. when its state's system is `county_state` or `sometimes`).	`"system_types": { "medical_examiner_system": value, "coroner_system": value }` values include: `state, county, district, none, unavailable, county_state, sometimes`
`medical_examiners` / `coroners`	Arrays of medical examiner and coroner systems in the state. These arrays respect System fields below.

System Fields

Field	Description	Possible values
`stats`	An array of stat hashes from the given system. See Stat Fields for more details.
`website`	A website for the system.
`accreditation`	Accreditation status from the National Association of Medical Examiners.	`Inspection in progress`, `Provisional`, `Full Accreditation`
`bc_forensic_pathologists`	Board Certified Forensic Pathologists working in this system.
`pt_bc_forensic_pathologists`	Part-time Board Certified Forensic Pathologists working in this system.
`uc_forensic_pathologists`	Uncertified Forensic Pathologists working in this system.
`pt_uc_forensic_pathologists`	Part-time Uncertified Forensic Pathologists working in this system.
`fellows`	Fellows working in this system.
`note`	Extra details about this system.

Field	Description	Possible values
`autopsy_ratio`	The percentage difference between the actual autopsy rate and the expected autopsy rate according to ProPublica's analysis.
`raw_autopsy_rate`	The number of autopsies performed per 100 deaths.
`autopsy_standard_deviation`	Number of standard deviations based on the distribution. If less than -1, the system performed fewer autopsies than expected. If greater than 1, the system performed more autopsies than expected
`population`	State or county population in a given year.
`autopsies`	Number of completed autopsies performed in a given year.
`contract_cases`	Number of autopsies performed on cases outside of an office's jurisdiction but which they take on for smaller counties.
`forensic_pathologists`	Number of forensic pathologists employed by the state or county in a given year.
`pt_provisional_forensic_pathologists`	Forensic pathologists employed on a part-time basis, meaning anything from three days a week to an as-needed basis.
`annual_fiscal_budget`	Annual budget for the state/county coroner or medical examiner system. (May change to `annual_budget` since budgets are either fiscal or calendar).