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Kalamazoo County medical examiner reports slight shifts in 2024 deaths, rise in tissue donations
Summary
Dr. Patrick Hansma, deputy medical examiner with WMED, told the Kalamazoo County Board on Nov. 5 that Kalamazoo’s 2024 mortality profile showed “very little change from the year prior,” with a slight decline in total deaths but a modest rise in cases reported to the medical examiner.
Dr. Patrick Hansma, deputy medical examiner with WMED, told the Kalamazoo County Board on Nov. 5 that Kalamazoo’s 2024 mortality profile showed “very little change from the year prior,” with a slight decline in total deaths but a modest rise in deaths reported to the medical examiner. Hansma highlighted an increase in successful tissue donations — 25 successful donations from 302 referrals — and said those upward referral trends were “wonderful” and allow procurement within the required time windows.
Hansma said the bulk of deaths remain certified as natural, with accidents (including motor-vehicle…
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