Yes we, you and I, can request copies from every single county coroner in the US and eventually assemble the same data set.
The FDA has that data, has the statistical extractions of that data and will NOT let us know what the data clearly shows.
The FDA can only control the release of what the local coroners' offices allow them to control. Extra legal, but purse strings compelling.
The FDA, OTOH, has total control, and suppression, of the data the FDA has in hand.
I bet a FOIA request would take decades to process...
I wonder what effect a county sheriff would have on matters.