By JESSICA NUNEZ and THOMAS HARGROVE, Scripps Howard News Service

Poll: Doubts persist over accuracy of death certificates

A significant number of Americans distrust what's written on death certificates -- those official documents that report when, where, how and why people die.

A survey of 946 people by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University found that 26 percent doubt the accuracy of the official cause of death listed on the death certificate of someone they know personally.

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