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, of the 2, 342 death investigation offices in the United States, 1, 590 are coroners offices.

Of those, only 82 serve jurisdictions of more than 250, 000 people.

Qualifications for coroners are set by individual states and counties in the U. S. and vary widely.

In many jurisdictions, little or no training is required, even though a coroner may overrule a forensic pathologist in naming a cause of death.

A coroner may be elected or appointed.

Some coroners hold office by virtue of holding another office: in Nebraska, the county district attorney is the coroner ; in many counties in Texas, the Justice of the Peace may be in charge of death investigation ; in other places, the sheriff is the coroner.