Citation

Graitcer PL, Williams WW, Finton RJ, Goodman RA, Thacker SB, Hanzlick R. Am. J. Public Health 1987; 77(9): 1212-1214.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, American Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3618857

PMCID

PMC1647010

Abstract

To assess the value of medical examiner (ME) data bases for use in epidemiologic surveillance, we compared data from non-injury deaths that became ME cases to all non-injury deaths occurring in 1984 among Fulton County, Georgia residents. The decedents in the ME series were younger and included a large proportion of Black males. Although not representative of all deaths in a community, ME data bases include demographic and medical information that is often difficult to collect in community studies and in other surveillance systems.