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Cause of death. In law, medicine, and statistics, cause of death is an official determination of the conditions resulting in a human 's death, which may be recorded on a death certificate. A cause of death is determined by a medical examiner. In rare cases, an autopsy needs to be performed by a pathologist.
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- COD-Table. Cause-of-death codes, by applicable revision of International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
For national mortality statistics, every death is attributed to one underlying condition, based on information reported on the death certificate and using international rules for selecting the underlying cause of death from the conditions stated on the certificate. The underlying cause is defined by the World Health Organization as “the disease or injury that initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death, or the circumstances of the accident or violence which produced the fatal injury.” Generally, more medical information is reported on death certificates than is directly reflected in the underlying cause of death. Conditions that are not selected as the underlying cause of death constitute the nonunderlying causes of death, also known as multiple cause of death.
Cause of death is coded according to the appropriate revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) (see Sources and Definitions, International Classification of Diseases [ICD]). Effective with deaths occurring in 1999, the United States began using the 10th revision of ICD (ICD–10); during 1979–1998, causes of death were coded and classified according to the 9th revision (ICD–9). COD-Table lists ICD codes for the 6th through 10th revisions for causes of death shown in Health, United States. In Health, United States, common terms are sometimes used in the text in place of medical terminology. Examples include cancer for “malignant neoplasm” and kidney disease for “nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis.”
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1 Categories for coding human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection were introduced in 1987. The asterisk (*) indicates codes that were not part of ICD–9.
2 Starting with 2007 data, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) introduced the category J09 for coding avian influenza virus. In 2009, the title for ICD–10 code J09 was changed from “Influenza due to identified avian influenza virus” to “Influenza due to certain identified influenza virus” to accommodate deaths from influenza A (H1N1) virus in the ICD–10 code J09 for data years 2009 and beyond.
3 Under ICD–9, this category is called Fetal and neonatal hemorrhage.
4 Starting with 2001 data, NCHS introduced categories *U01–*U03 for classifying and coding deaths due to acts of terrorism. The asterisk (*) indicates codes that are not part of ICD–10.
5 In the public health community, the term “unintentional injuries” is preferred to accidents, and the term “motor vehicle-related injuries” is preferred to motor vehicle accidents.
May 10, 2022 · Effective public health interventions prevent harm or death by breaking the chain of events that lead to harm and death. WHO has defined the ‘underlying cause of death’ as follows: the disease or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death, or the circumstances of the accident or violence which produced the ...
Correct cause of death: respiratory arrest due to pneumococcal pneumonia; or complications of pneumococcal pneumonia; or pneumococcal pneumonia. Manner: natural. Incorrect cause of death: cardiac arrest. Correct cause of death: acute myocardial infarct complicating hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Aug 7, 2024 · WHO act sheet on the 10 leading causes of death. In 2021, the top 10 causes of death accounted for 39 million deaths, or 57% of the total 68 million deaths worldwide. The top global causes of death, in order of total number of lives lost, are associated with two broad topics: cardiovascular (ischaemic heart disease, stroke) and respiratory (COVID-19, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...
Mar 26, 2016 · Mechanism of death: The specific physiological derangement that actually led to the cessation of life. For example, a heart attack victim could die from a deadly change in heart rhythm or from severe damage to the heart muscle, leading to shock. Here the cause of death is a heart attack, but the mechanism is a cardiac arrhythmia or cardiogenic ...
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