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Post Mortem

Death Investigation in America

Los Angeles County (Calif.) Medical Examiner

Jurisdiction Los Angeles County, Calif.
Web site http://coroner.lacounty.gov...
Accreditation Full  
Forensic Pathologists
20
Board Certified 		0
Part-time Certified 		2
Uncertified 		0
Part-time Uncertified
Fellows 2
Note While the office is called the Department of Coroner, it functions as a medical examiner office. The 2010 autopsy number is not complete. Only 2004 through 2006 autopsy data included in analysis. Annual budget reflects the actual spending for each year, taken from the county's annual reports.
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  Autopsy Rate vs. Expected
expected
 
-16%
 
-19%
 
-13%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Population
 
9.81M
 
9.8M
 
9.76M
 
9.73M
 
9.78M
 
9.85M
 
N/A
Autopsies
 
4,180
 
4,126
 
4,401
 
4,218
 
4,166
 
4,000
 
3,869
  Contract Autopsies
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Forensic Pathologists
 
24
 
25
 
25
 
24
 
24
 
23
 
23
Part-time/ Provisional Forensic Pathologists
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
N/A
Annual Budget
 
$21.1M
 
$21.5M
 
$22.5M
 
$25.8M
 
$26.9M
 
$29M
 
$28.4M