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Causes of death among commercially insured multiple sclerosis patients in the United States. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
BACKGROUND: Information on causes of death (CODs) for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the United States is sparse and limited by standard categorizations of underlying and immediate CODs on death certificates.
Douglas S Goodin, Michael Corwin, David Kaufman, Howard Golub, Shoshana Reshef, Mark J Rametta, Volker Knappertz, Gary Cutter, Dirk Pleimes   +8 more
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Factors associated with reporting multiple causes of death

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2005
Background There is analytical potential for multiple cause of death data collected from death certificates. This study examines relationships of multiple causes of death as a function of factors available on the death certificate (demographics of ...
Oswald John, Huang Jinzhou, Wall Melanie M, McCullen Diane   +3 more
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Frailty at death: An examination of multiple causes of death in four low mortality countries in 2017

Demographic Research, 2023
Background: The increasing prevalence of frailty in ageing populations represents a major social and public health challenge which warrants a better understanding of the contribution of frailty to the morbid process.
Sergi Trias-Llimós, Magali Barbieri, Viviana Egidi, Luisa Frova, Francesco Grippo, France Meslé, Marilena Pappagallo, Aline Désesquelles   +7 more
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A new data driven method for summarising multiple cause of death data

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2023
Background National mortality statistics are based on a single underlying cause of death. This practice does not adequately represent the impact of the range of conditions experienced in an ageing population in which multimorbidity is common.
Annette Dobson, Paul McElwee, Mohammad Reza Baneshi, James Eynstone-Hinkins, Lauren Moran, Michael Waller   +5 more
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Changes in liver-related mortality by etiology and sequelae: underlying versus multiple causes of death

Population Health Metrics, 2021
Background The expanded definition of liver-related deaths includes a wide range of etiologies and sequelae. We compared the changes in liver-related mortality by etiology and sequelae for different age groups between 2008 and 2018 in the USA using both ...
Ming-Jen Sheu, Fu-Wen Liang, Ching-Yih Lin, Tsung-Hsueh Lu   +3 more
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Long-term secular trends in dermatomyositis and polymyositis mortality in the USA from 1981 to 2020 according to underlying and multiple cause of death mortality data

Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2023
Background People with dermatomyositis (DM) or polymyositis (PM) often die from cancer, pulmonary, cardiac complications, or infections. In such cases, DM or PM might not be designated as the underlying cause of death (UCD) for mortality tabulation.
Pengyan Qiao, Qianyu Guo, Jinfang Gao, Dan Ma, Sumiao Liu, Xiang Gao, Tsung-Hsueh Lu, Liyun Zhang   +7 more
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Studying multiple causes of death through verbal autopsies: Contribution of an index of similarity [PDF]

Demographic Research
BACKGROUND: The analysis of multiple causes of death was developed in high-income countries to study complex morbid processes leading to death. In other countries, such studies are severely limited by the lack of death certificates.
Ariane Sessego, Géraldine Duthé, Bruno Lankoandé, Dianou Kassoum   +3 more
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Covid Adult Mortality in Brazil: An Analysis of Multiple Causes of Death

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
ObjectiveThis study aimed to analyze the chain of events and contributing causes associated with COVID-19 adult mortality (30–69 years old), based on qualified data on CoD from three Brazilian capitals cities, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, and Natal, in 2020.
Ana Maria Nogales Vasconcelos, Lenice Ishitani, Daisy Maria Xavier Abreu, Elisabeth França   +3 more
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Time trends in survival and causes of death in multiple myeloma: a population-based study from Germany

BMC Cancer, 2023
Background Steady evolution of therapies has improved prognosis of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) over the past two decades. Yet, knowledge about survival trends and causes of death in MM might play a crucial role in long-term management of this ...
Christine Eisfeld, Hiltraud Kajüter, Lennart Möller, Ina Wellmann, Evgenii Shumilov, Andreas Stang   +5 more
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A network approach to studying cause-of-death interrelations

Demographic Research, 2018
Background: Multiple causes of death describe complex death processes marked by the simultaneous presence of several diseases and conditions, primarily at older ages.
Viviana Egidi, Michele Antonio Salvatore, Giulia Rivellini, Silvia D'Angelo   +3 more
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