The CDC conducts disease surveillance, publishes epidemiological studies and guidance, and maintains data on injury, disease prevalence, and health outcomes. It includes NIOSH as its occupational safety research arm.
Its publications are widely cited in causation litigation.
Alternative Names:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Why it Matters?
CDC data appears in toxic tort and medical litigation as background rate evidence, since establishing how commonly a condition occurs in unexposed populations is essential to attributing it to an exposure. Guidance documents also inform standard of care arguments in infection control and public health contexts. The agency's publications are generally admissible as public records though the underlying methodology remains subject to challenge.
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