TARRANT COUNTY DEATH INVESTIGATIONS

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							                     GENERAL SUMMARY 2007 STATISTICS
        TYPES OF CASES        TARRANT        DENTON   PARKER   TOTAL
Medical Examiner                1645          324      111     2080
Reportable                      5085          870      224     6179
(Jurisdiction Waived)
Total                           6730          1194     335     8259


                             FORENSIC PATHOLOGY
Autopsy Examinations             889          180       62     1131
(Complete)
Autopsy Examinations             247           54       20      321
(Incisional)
External Examinations            509           90       29      628
Radiological Examinations       N/A           N/A      N/A     1254
Histology Examinations                                         2356
Death Certificates Issued       1645          324      111     2080
Cremation Letters Issued        N/A           N/A      N/A     3000

                         CRIMINALISTICS LABORATORY
Cases Processed                                                3123
Services Performed                                             84366


                         TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
Toxicology Cases Processed                                      2189
Toxicology Services Performed                                  26831
Chemistry Cases Processed                                       3150
Chemistry Services Performed                                    7229

                            IDENTIFICATION SERVICES
Identified Remains               223           35       26      284
Unidentified Remains              0             0        0       0
Total                            223           35       26      284

                         CHILD FATALITY REVIEW TEAM
Cases Reviewed                  115           19        11      145




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               TARRANT COUNTY DEATH INVESTIGATIONS
               Manner of Death            Cases     Fractional
                                       Investigated  Demand
Natural                                    798         11.9
Accidental                                  504           7.5
Suicide                                     175           2.6
Homicide                                    109           1.6
Pending                                     14             .2
Undetermined                                32             .5
Non-Human Remains                           13             .2
Reportable (Jurisdiction Waived)           5085           75.5

Total                                      6730           100


                DENTON COUNTY DEATH INVESTIGATIONS
               Manner of Death             Cases       Fractional
                                        Investigated    Demand
Natural                                     154           12.8
Accidental                                  94            7.9
Suicide                                     48            4.0
Homicide                                    16            1.4
Undetermined                                12            1.0
Non-Human Remains                            0             0
Reportable (Jurisdiction Waived)            870           72.9

Total                                      1194           100

                PARKER COUNTY DEATH INVESTIGATIONS
               Manner of Death             Cases       Fractional
                                        Investigated    Demand
Natural                                      55           16.4
Accidental                                  35            10.4
Suicide                                     17            5.1
Homicide                                     4            1.2
Undetermined                                 0             0
Non-Human Remains                            0             0
Reportable (Jurisdiction Waived)            224           66.9
Total                                       335           100
                               FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY


                       CASES RECEIVED AND PROCESSED
                     Tarrant       Denton        Parker          Consults              Total
    January            80            18               5                89              192
    February           81            18               6                56              161
    March              90            15               4                66              175
    April              82            17               3                68              170
    May                75            18               7                76              176
    June               72            16               7                94              189
    July               65            11               7                82              165
    August             86            16               5                88              195
    September          58            14               8                83              163
    October            87            20               2                113             222
    November           58            12               2                110             182
    December           65            16               6                112             199
    Total              899          191               62           1037                2189




                            CHEMISTRY (ALL COUNTIES)
        Jan   Feb   Mar      Apr   May    Jun   Jul       Aug   Sept     Oct     Nov     Dec   Total
Cases   407   367    387     331   289    204   199       269   135      249     149     164   3150
S’vcs   868   860   1014     692   652    488   393       557   294      543     476     392   7229




                     BREATH ALCOHOL TESTING PROGRAM

  Year              Breath Tests Under 21             Affidavits                Court
   2007                2724        324                     575                 5-6/day
                                                                     SERVICES PERFORMED
                       ABN            Alcohol           BZDs        Cannabis     CO       Cocaine           Opiate    Amph.      Drug &           Alcohol              Total
                                                                     THC                                                         Quanti.          Affidav.
January                548             352              212           146           16         212           212      212             848              13              2771
February               444             211              147           91             3         147           147      147             516               9              1862
March                  544             385              170           130            6         170           170      170             531              17              2293
April                  424             272              132           112            6         132           132      132             650              15              2007
May                    491             313              149           104            5         149           149      149             629              17              2155
June                   542             350              144           110            7         144           144      144             547              17              2149
July                   511             375              130           112           10         130           130      130             598              26              2152
August                 504             415              145           110            0         145           145      145             547              15              2171
September              387             356              127           98            11         127           127      127             430              18              1808
October                530             550              200           173           11         200           200      200             656              21              2741
November               426             383              140           114            5         140           140      140             536              26              2050
December               445             423              113           92            13         113           113      113             501              22              1948
Total                  5796            4385             1809         1392           93        1809          1809      1809        6989              216             26107


                                                  FORENSIC CRIMINALISTICS LABORATORY
                                                                     CASES PROCESSED

                                 Jan     Feb       Mar        Apr     May      Jun       Jul         Aug      Sep     Oct        Nov        Dec         Total

           Biology               84          52     22         86      60       78       85          61       70      75         80         33          786

           Firearms               6          4      5          5       7        3         7           8        9       9          7         11              81

           Trace                 27          14     21         16      19       10        2          11        8      14          8          8          158

           Latent Prints         21          19     23         29      35       21       33          18       25      25         42         16          307

           Photo Lab             139     121       194        127     171      161       155         132      159     170        138        124         1791

           Total                 277     210       265        263     292      273       282         230      271     293        275        192         3123

                                                               SERVICES PERFORMED

                           Jan         Feb        Mar      Apr        May      Jun       Jul         Aug       Sept        Oct        Nov         Dec            Total

         Biology           647         379        500      736        745      1215      891          781      1053    1179           532         349            9007
        Firearms           77           22         41      39         54        19        84          70        58         81         124         108            777
          Trace          2575          3299       1072    1107        163      107        72          82       269      251           182         480            9659
       Latent Prints       86           71        134      297        72        42       281          33        98      180           253         97             1644
        Photo Lab        4813          5215       5331    4822       6412      6262      5045        5472      5340    4961       4942           4664        63279
          Total          8198          8986       7078    7001       7446      7645      6373        6438      6818    6652       6033           5698        84366
                        HUMAN ID LAB ---SUMMARY OF CASES
                        Tarrant          Denton              Parker           Total
   January                 14                0                  2               16
   February                18                2                  1               21
   March                   13                6                  1               20
   April                   21                3                  2               26
   May                     22                4                  8               34
   June                    31                2                  1               34
   July                    17                3                  3               23
   August                  17                4                  1               22
   September               13                3                  2               18
   October                 17                3                  0               20
   November                26                3                  3               32
   December                14                2                  2               18
   Total                  223               35                 26              284
                    Multiple methods may be used for single identification
                            INDENTIFICATION BY METHOD
                                Tarrant             Denton           Parker       Total
Anthropological                    29                  4                1             34
Dental                             13                  2                2             17
DNA Analysis                        4                  1                1             6
Latent Print                       147                22               17             186
Visual                             25                  4                5             34
Other (Scars, Medical               2                  0                0             2
Devices)
Unidentified                        3                  2                0             5
Total                              223                35               26             284
    TARRANT, DENTON and PARKER COUNTY IDENTIFICATION CASES

      County     Sex     A      B      C      H      N     NA      U       T
      Tarrant     F      0      13     17     4      0      0      0       54
                  M      3      40     90    22      0      0      1      156
                  N      0       0      0     0      9      0      0        9
                  U      0       0      0     0      0      1      3        4

      Denton      F      0      0       4     2      0      0      0       6
                  M      1      5      11     5      0      0      1      23
                  N      0      0       0     0      4      0      0       4
                  U      0      0       0     0      0      0      2       2

      Parker      F      0       0     6      4      0      0      0      10
                 M       0      0     13     3      0       0      0      16
      Total      All     4      58    161    40     13      1      7      284
                Sexes

      A=Asian B=Black C=Caucasian H=Hispanic N=NonHuman NA=Native American U=Unk


                  CHILD DEATH CERTIFICATION SUMMARY
      Manner of Death Certification          2004        2005      2006         2007
Natural                                        56          55        45           64
Accidental                                     54          48        47           49
Homicide                                       13          21        19           23
Suicide                                         6           6         8            4
Undetermined                                    2           5         3            5
Total                                         131         135       122          145

						
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