print email comment close The Autopsy, Medicine, and Mortality Statistics URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_03/sr03_032.pdf Description: This 2001 report documents "the value of autopsy in health care and health statistics and provides educational information about complete cause-of-death statements." Part of the Vital and Health Statistics series from the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; originally from a series of articles from the Autopsy Committee of the College of American Pathologists. Opens directly into a PDF file. Publisher: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Extra Keywords Death certificate Library of Congress Subject Headings: Autopsy Death -- Causes Health statistics Mortality -- United States -- Statistics LII Database Information: Record 20259 created by Jennifer English on 01/02/2006 Last modification on 06/20/2009 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 05/24/2009 Charlotte Bagby on 08/31/2006 Published: 01/05/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20259