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Post Mortem

Death Investigation in America

North Carolina Medical Examiner

Jurisdiction N.C. (statewide)
Web site http://www.ocme.unc.edu/...
Accreditation None  
Forensic Pathologists
3
Board Certified 		9
Part-time Certified 		0
Uncertified 		42
Part-time Uncertified
Fellows 1
Note The 2010 autopsy number is an estimate. North Carolina contracts with 51 pathologists, some of whom are not forensic pathologists, working in 15 facilities to perform autopsies across the state. Annual budget is the revised or appropriated budget for each year.
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  Autopsy Rate vs. Expected
expected
 
-21%
 
-25%
 
-21%
 
-26%
N/A
N/A
N/A
Population
 
8.53M
 
8.67M
 
8.87M
 
9.06M
 
9.25M
 
9.38M
 
N/A
Autopsies
 
4,060
 
4,151
 
4,186
 
4,115
 
4,057
 
4,043
 
4,119
  Contract Autopsies
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Forensic Pathologists
 
4
 
5
 
5
 
5
 
5
 
4
 
3
Part-time/ Provisional Forensic Pathologists
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
 
51
Annual Budget
 
$3.78M
 
$3.2M
 
$4.47M
 
$3.41M
 
$5.44M
 
$4.07M
 
$5.58M