N.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
The North Carolina Medical Examiner System is a network of medical doctors and allied health professionals throughout North Carolina who voluntarily devote their time, energy, and medical expertise to see that deaths of a suspicious, unusual or unnatural nature are adequately investigated. The OCME investigates all deaths in North Carolina due to injury or violence, as well as natural deaths that are suspicious, unusual, or unattended by a medical professional.
This resource is maintained by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the state of North Carolina. The OCME is a section of the Division of Public Health.
N.C. OCME News
- 05/28/2024: Child Fatality Data Overview, 2021-2022
- 04/23/2024: Fentanyl-Positive Deaths, North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Toxicology Data: January 2024
- 04/23/2024: Suspected Overdose Deaths, North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Data: March 2024
- 04/02/2024: Suspected Overdose Deaths, North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Data: February 2024
- 03/07/2024: Suspected Overdose Deaths, North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) Data: January 2024
- 03/15/2024: 2022 Spotlight on Infant Death
- 11/16/2023: Medical Examiner Child Toxicology Report - 2021
- 08/14/2023: Fatalities of Children in North Carolina: 2021 Report
- 05/25/2023: Navigating the Acronyms of Infant Deaths in North Carolina
- 10/27/2022: NC OCME Data on Overdose Deaths, 2020
- 03/30/2020: Recommendations for Providers Certifying COVID-19 Deaths
- 02/14/2022: Fatalities of Children in North Carolina: 2020 Report (PDF, 908 KB)
- 05/20/2022: 2021 Fentanyl-Positive Deaths (PDF, 392 KB)
- 06/17/2022: 2020 Annual Report: Deaths Investigated by the N.C. Medical Examiner System (PDF, 3.16 MB)
