Death by autopsy status, type of certifier, method of disposition, 2024.xlsx

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1	Death by autopsy status, type of certifier, method of disposition, and county and region of occurrence: Colorado occurrences, 2024
2	Region	Total Deaths	Deaths autopsied (N)	Deaths autopsied (%)	Physician certifier (N)	Physician certifier (%)	Coroner certifier (N)	Coroner certifier (%)	Burial (N)	Burial (%)	Cremation (N)	Cremation (%)	Entombment (N)	Entombment (%)	Hospital disposition (N)	Hospital disposition (%)	Alkaline hydrolysis (N)	Alkaline hydrolysis (%)	Natural reduction (N)	Natural reduction (%)	Burial-private land (N)	Burial-private land (%)	Donate (N)	Donate (%)	Removal (N)	Removal (%)	Other (N)	Other (%)
3	Colorado	45,298	6,095	13.5	34,808	76.8	10,488	23.2	6,319	13.9	34,950	77.2	246	0.5	12	0.0	301	0.7	31	0.1	61	0.1	1,274	2.8	2,053	4.5	51	0.1
4	Adams	4,197	839	20.0	3,245	77.3	952	22.7	733	17.5	3,052	72.7	25	0.6	5	0.1	18	0.4		0.0	9	0.2	104	2.5	245	5.8	6	0.1
5	Alamosa	157	36	22.9	74	47.1	83	52.9	36	22.9	113	72.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	6	3.8	.	.
6	Arapahoe	4,843	577	11.9	3,962	81.8	881	18.2	720	14.9	3,680	76.0	26	0.5		0.0	37	0.8	4	0.1	3	0.1	154	3.2	216	4.5	3	0.1
7	Archuleta	117	24	20.5	62	53.0	55	47.0	10	8.5	91	77.8		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	5	4.3	8	6.8	.	.
8	Baca	41	4	9.8	17	41.5	24	58.5	16	39.0	23	56.1		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
9	Bent	68	7	10.3	39	57.4	29	42.6	11	16.2	54	79.4		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
10	Boulder	2,477	205	8.3	2,139	86.4	338	13.6	274	11.1	1,962	79.2	8	0.3		0.0	44	1.8	13	0.5		0.0	91	3.7	83	3.4	.	.
11	Broomfield	378	37	9.8	319	84.4	59	15.6	43	11.4	296	78.3	3	0.8		0.0	4	1.1		0.0		0.0	16	4.2	16	4.2	.	.
12	Chaffee	147	26	17.7	105	71.4	42	28.6	12	8.2	127	86.4		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	5	3.4	.	.
13	Cheyenne	23	6	26.1	13	56.5	10	43.5	12	52.2	9	39.1		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
14	Clear Creek	51	21	41.2	17	33.3	34	66.7	3	5.9	42	82.4		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	5	9.8	.	.
15	Conejos	72	16	22.2	35	48.6	37	51.4	25	34.7	45	62.5		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
16	Costilla	30	10	33.3	7	23.3	23	76.7	7	23.3	19	63.3		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
17	Crowley	35	.	.	23	65.7	12	34.3	9	25.7	25	71.4		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
18	Custer	35	10	28.6	16	45.7	19	54.3	.	.	34	97.1		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
19	Delta	333	49	14.7	267	80.2	66	19.8	42	12.6	267	80.2		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	3	0.9	10	3.0	11	3.3	.	.
20	Denver	5,221	802	15.4	3,916	75.0	1,305	25.0	846	16.2	3,862	74.0	32	0.6	5	0.1	69	1.3	4	0.1		0.0	144	2.8	245	4.7	12	0.2
21	Dolores	12	5	41.7	5	41.7	7	58.3	.	.	9	75.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
22	Douglas	2,120	232	10.9	1,807	85.2	313	14.8	244	11.5	1,698	80.1	9	0.4		0.0	7	0.3	3	0.1		0.0	63	3.0	95	4.5	.	.
23	Eagle	154	41	26.6	78	50.6	76	49.4	13	8.4	120	77.9		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	5	3.2	16	10.4	.	.
24	Elbert	109	31	28.4	54	49.5	55	50.5	14	12.8	87	79.8		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	4	3.7	.	.
25	El Paso	5,943	915	15.4	5,005	84.2	938	15.8	685	11.5	4,792	80.6	30	0.5		0.0	5	0.1		0.0	4	0.1	165	2.8	256	4.3	3	0.1
26	Fremont	526	60	11.4	330	62.7	196	37.3	77	14.6	414	78.7	3	0.6		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	19	3.6	10	1.9	.	.
27	Garfield	356	59	16.6	248	69.7	108	30.3	29	8.1	294	82.6		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	7	2.0	24	6.7	.	.
28	Gilpin	41	10	24.4	12	29.3	29	70.7	.	.	37	90.2		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
29	Grand	72	22	30.6	.	.	70	97.2	5	6.9	60	83.3		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	7	9.7	.	.
30	Gunnison	99	41	41.4	.	.	99	100.0	7	7.1	83	83.8		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	7	7.1	.	.
31	Hinsdale	5	3	60.0	.	.	5	100.0	.	.	.	.		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	3	60.0	.	.
32	Huerfano	96	19	19.8	55	57.3	41	42.7	8	8.3	77	80.2		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	7	7.3	.	.	.	.
33	Jackson	10	5	50.0	.	.	10	100.0	.	.	8	80.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
34	Jefferson	5,174	516	10.0	3,736	72.2	1,438	27.8	688	13.3	4,033	77.9	71	1.4		0.0	40	0.8	3	0.1	3	0.1	174	3.4	162	3.1	.	.
35	Kiowa	20	.	.	12	60.0	8	40.0	11	55.0	9	45.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
36	Kit Carson	65	21	32.3	31	47.7	34	52.3	15	23.1	37	56.9		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	10	15.4	.	.
37	Lake	17	9	52.9	7	41.2	10	58.8	.	.	13	76.5		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
38	La Plata	462	66	14.3	336	72.7	126	27.3	55	11.9	353	76.4		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	11	2.4	38	8.2	3	0.6
39	Larimer	3,058	258	8.4	2,649	86.6	408	13.3	317	10.4	2,435	79.6	4	0.1		0.0	61	2.0		0.0	4	0.1	85	2.8	146	4.8	4	0.1
40	Las Animas	152	23	15.1	62	40.8	90	59.2	30	19.7	112	73.7		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	5	3.3	.	.
41	Lincoln	70	21	30.0	49	70.0	21	30.0	22	31.4	41	58.6		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	4	5.7	.	.	.	.
42	Logan	172	21	12.2	136	79.1	36	20.9	39	22.7	125	72.7		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	6	3.5	.	.
43	Mesa	2,097	161	7.7	1,591	75.9	506	24.1	226	10.8	1,689	80.5	5	0.2		0.0		0.0		0.0	5	0.2	46	2.2	126	6.0	.	.
44	Mineral	14	7	50.0	6	42.9	8	57.1	.	.	13	92.9		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
45	Moffat	88	29	33.0	18	20.5	70	79.5	13	14.8	63	71.6		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	5	5.7	7	8.0	.	.
46	Montezuma	257	39	15.2	151	58.8	106	41.2	51	19.8	181	70.4		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	4	1.6	21	8.2	.	.
47	Montrose	469	53	11.3	343	73.1	126	26.9	65	13.9	370	78.9		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	12	2.6	20	4.3	.	.
48	Morgan	250	40	16.0	197	78.8	53	21.2	52	20.8	186	74.4		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	6	2.4	5	2.0	.	.
49	Otero	191	23	12.0	95	49.7	96	50.3	28	14.7	158	82.7		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
50	Ouray	31	13	41.9	16	51.6	15	48.4	3	9.7	24	77.4		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	4	12.9	.	.
51	Park	90	33	36.7	19	21.1	71	78.9	8	8.9	73	81.1		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	5	5.6	.	.
52	Phillips	53	.	.	38	71.7	15	28.3	15	28.3	25	47.2		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	8	15.1	3	5.7
53	Pitkin	46	15	32.6	23	50.0	23	50.0	6	13.0	37	80.4		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
54	Prowers	96	10	10.4	54	56.3	42	43.8	25	26.0	65	67.7		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	3	3.1	.	.
55	Pueblo	2,030	211	10.4	1,432	70.5	598	29.5	360	17.7	1,549	76.3	21	1.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	51	2.5	46	2.3	.	.
56	Rio Blanco	54	14	25.9	32	59.3	22	40.7	11	20.4	28	51.9		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	14	25.9	.	.
57	Rio Grande	97	10	10.3	62	63.9	35	36.1	13	13.4	78	80.4		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
58	Routt	105	30	28.6	66	62.9	39	37.1	6	5.7	89	84.8		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	10	9.5	.	.
59	Saguache	43	16	37.2	16	37.2	27	62.8	.	.	40	93.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
60	San Juan	4	.	.	.	.	4	100.0	.	.	4	100.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
61	San Miguel	27	18	66.7	3	11.1	24	88.9	.	.	22	81.5		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	4	14.8	.	.
62	Sedgwick	39	4	10.3	19	48.7	20	51.3	6	15.4	7	17.9		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	26	66.7	.	.
63	Summit	78	34	43.6	19	24.4	59	75.6	7	9.0	60	76.9		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	11	14.1	.	.
64	Teller	160	32	20.0	108	67.5	52	32.5	17	10.6	132	82.5		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	5	3.1	4	2.5	.	.
65	Washington	38	4	10.5	27	71.1	11	28.9	13	34.2	21	55.3		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
66	Weld	1,881	238	12.7	1,513	80.4	368	19.6	302	16.1	1,434	76.2	4	0.2		0.0	8	0.4		0.0	3	0.2	50	2.7	79	4.2	.	.
67	Yuma	100	8	8.0	89	89.0	11	11.0	28	28.0	62	62.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	.	.	7	7.0	.	.
68	PMR 1	652	78	12.0	506	77.6	146	22.4	153	23.5	426	65.3		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	3	0.5	12	1.8	54	8.3	3	0.5
69	PMR 2	4,939	496	10.0	4,162	84.3	776	15.7	619	12.5	3,869	78.3	8	0.2		0.0	69	1.4	3	0.1	7	0.1	135	2.7	225	4.6	4	0.1
70	PMR 3	24,124	3,202	13.3	18,834	78.1	5,290	21.9	3,509	14.5	18,366	76.1	172	0.7	10	0.0	216	0.9	27	0.1	21	0.1	731	3.0	1,051	4.4	21	0.1
71	PMR 4	6,193	980	15.8	5,132	82.9	1,061	17.1	710	11.5	4,997	80.7	30	0.5		0.0	7	0.1		0.0	5	0.1	172	2.8	265	4.3	4	0.1
72	PMR 5	267	79	29.6	147	55.1	120	44.9	63	23.6	174	65.2		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	6	2.2	16	6.0	6	2.2
73	PMR 6	451	47	10.4	240	53.2	211	46.8	100	22.2	334	74.1		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	6	1.3	8	1.8	3	0.7
74	PMR 7	2,030	211	10.4	1,432	70.5	598	29.5	360	17.7	1,549	76.3	21	1.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	51	2.5	46	2.3	.	.
75	PMR 8	413	95	23.0	200	48.4	213	51.6	82	19.9	308	74.6		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	4	1.0	5	1.2	12	2.9	.	.
76	PMR 9	852	136	16.0	554	65.0	298	35.0	117	13.7	638	74.9		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	4	0.5	20	2.3	69	8.1	4	0.5
77	PMR 10	964	177	18.4	629	65.2	335	34.8	118	12.2	767	79.6		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	4	0.4	24	2.5	49	5.1	.	.
78	PMR 11	2,595	263	10.1	1,889	72.8	706	27.2	279	10.8	2,074	79.9	5	0.2		0.0		0.0		0.0	7	0.3	59	2.3	171	6.6	.	.
79	PMR 12	465	147	31.6	188	40.4	277	59.6	37	8.0	374	80.4		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	6	1.3	48	10.3	.	.
80	PMR 13	725	105	14.5	458	63.2	267	36.8	91	12.6	588	81.1	3	0.4		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	22	3.0	16	2.2	.	.
81	PMR 14	248	42	16.9	117	47.2	131	52.8	38	15.3	189	76.2		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	9	3.6	7	2.8	.	.
82	Denver PMSA	21,555	2,966	13.8	16,666	77.3	4,889	22.7	3,231	15.0	16,325	75.7	163	0.8	10	0.0	171	0.8	14	0.1	18	0.1	639	3.0	963	4.5	21	0.1
83	Denver CMSA	25,913	3,409	13.2	20,318	78.4	5,595	21.6	3,807	14.7	19,721	76.1	175	0.7	10	0.0	223	0.9	28	0.1	23	0.1	780	3.0	1,125	4.3	21	0.1
84	Total Metro	39,041	4,954	12.7	30,995	79.4	8,045	20.6	5,395	13.8	30,186	77.3	235	0.6	12	0.0	290	0.7	31	0.1	38	0.1	1,127	2.9	1,699	4.4	28	0.1
85	Nonmetro	6,257	1,141	18.2	3,813	60.9	2,443	39.0	924	14.8	4,764	76.1	11	0.2		0.0	11	0.2		0.0	23	0.4	147	2.3	354	5.7	23	0.4
86	Front Range	36,944	4,793	13.0	29,404	79.6	7,539	20.4	5,169	14.0	28,497	77.1	230	0.6	12	0.0	290	0.8	31	0.1	33	0.1	1,081	2.9	1,573	4.3	28	0.1
87	Western Slope	4,876	723	14.8	3,260	66.9	1,616	33.1	551	11.3	3,853	79.0	5	0.1		0.0		0.0		0.0	15	0.3	109	2.2	337	6.9	4	0.1
88	Eastern Plains	1,370	204	14.9	893	65.2	477	34.8	316	23.1	934	68.2		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	4	0.3	24	1.8	78	5.7	12	0.9
89	San Luis Valley	413	95	23.0	200	48.4	213	51.6	82	19.9	308	74.6		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0	4	1.0	5	1.2	12	2.9	.	.
90	Eastern Mtns	1,315	243	18.5	731	55.6	584	44.4	158	12.0	1,061	80.7	6	0.5		0.0	4	0.3		0.0	5	0.4	39	3.0	37	2.8	5	0.4
91	Percentages are calculated using total deaths of each county/region as the denominator.
92	* Indicates fewer than three events in the category.
93	Source: Vital Statistics Program, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
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