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Death Investigation in America

Utah Medical Examiner

Jurisdiction Utah (statewide)
Web site http://health.utah.gov/...
Accreditation None  
Forensic Pathologists
3
Board Certified 		0
Part-time Certified 		1
Uncertified 		0
Part-time Uncertified
Fellows 0
Note The autopsy numbers originally reported for Utah were overstated because of a data collection error. The figures were for the total number of cases accepted, rather than just the number of autopsies performed. We have corrected those numbers and adjusted our regression formula based on the change. As a result, the percentage by which states’ rate of autopsies varied from expected levels shifted slightly in many cases. Three years of data for Utah – 2004, 2005, 2006 -- moved from “more than expected” to “as expected.”
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  Autopsy Rate vs. Expected
expected
 
+33%
 
+20%
 
+35%
 
+40%
N/A
N/A
N/A
Population
 
2.44M
 
2.5M
 
2.58M
 
2.66M
 
2.73M
 
2.78M
 
N/A
Autopsies
 
1,006
 
1,018
 
1,137
 
1,251
 
1,080
 
980
 
991
  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
 
$1.87M
 
$1.95M
 
$2.02M
 
$2.17M
 
$2.41M
 
$2.76M
 
$2.58M