Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices, 2018

This report provides data on the personnel, budget, workload, and policies of medical examiner and coroner offices in the United States. Among the 2018 findings: 1) Nearly 2,040 medical examiner and coroner offices employed almost 11,000 full-time equivalent employees; 2) Medical examiner and coroner offices employed about 890 autopsy pathologists; 3) About 17% of medical examiner and coroner offices were accredited; and 4) More than 1.3 million deaths were referred to medical examiner and coroner offices, and these offices accepted 605,000 referrals for further investigation.