An evaluation of the use of medical examiner data for epidemiologic surveillance. | Zendy

Philip L. Graitcer | Zendy; Whitney Williams | Zendy; Robert J. Finton | Zendy; Richard A. Goodman | Zendy; S B Thacker | Zendy; Randy Hanzlick | Zendy

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An evaluation of the use of medical examiner data for epidemiologic surveillance.

Author(s) -

Philip L. Graitcer,

Whitney Williams,

Robert J. Finton,

Richard A. Goodman,

S B Thacker,

Randy Hanzlick

Publication year - 1987

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.77.9.1212

Subject(s) - medical examiner , medicine , epidemiologic surveillance , epidemiology , injury surveillance , environmental health , demography , medical emergency , gerontology , poison control , injury prevention , pathology , sociology

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.

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