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On the Selection of Causes of Death: An Analysis of Who’s Rules for Selection of the Underlying Cause of Death [PDF]
, 1984 The mortality statistics, which are an important source for medical research, are prepared in many countries according to regulations and recommendations issued from the World Health Organization (WHO) in the current revision of the Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death (ICD). These statistics
Lindahl, B Ingemar B
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Underlying causes of cocaine, amphetamine and opioid related deaths in Australia
Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine, 2005To examine the characteristics of deaths in Australia where opioids, cocaine or amphetamines were mentioned, taking into account changes in the use and availability of these drugs in recent years.Data were analysed from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and Causes of Death dataset between 1997 and 2002 on all deaths in which cocaine, amphetamines or ...
Degenhardt, Louisa +2 more
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Underlying Cause of Death in Demented and Non-Demented Elderly Canadians
Neuroepidemiology, 2005This paper examines the associations between clinical dementia and underlying cause of death (UCD) in a population-based sample of seniors who took part in the Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA). Cause-of-death data were obtained via death certificates for 2,924 of 2,982 deceased subjects. Among the decedents were 823 clinically demented and 670
Christina Wolfson, Nicholas Chamandy
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Underlying and contributory causes of death of adult males in two districts
Journal of Chronic Diseases, 1969Abstract Underlying and contributory causes of death of males aged 45 and above in two districts, have been analyzed by age, continent of birth and place of death. The amount of additional information for individual diseases, gained through inclusion of contributory causes, varies markedly with these characteristics i.e.
Jacob Cohen, M.M. Ruth Steinitz
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A Comparison of Underlying Cause and Multiple Causes of Death
Epidemiology, 2006Mortality statistics can be compiled using underlying cause-of-death data or multiple cause-of-death data, which include other contributing causes of death.For the leading causes of death in the United States during 2000-2001, we compared underlying and multiple cause-of-death statistics.For some conditions, little difference was observed between the 2
Paul A. Simon +2 more
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Acta Paediatrica, 1998
Large‐scale analyses of causes of neonatal deaths are usually based on death‐certificate information. A new computer‐based method has been introduced to define the cause of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in large amounts of material and to classify them according to two different models [Wigglesworth and Neonatal and Intrauterine death Classification ...
Fredrik Serenius +2 more
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Large‐scale analyses of causes of neonatal deaths are usually based on death‐certificate information. A new computer‐based method has been introduced to define the cause of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in large amounts of material and to classify them according to two different models [Wigglesworth and Neonatal and Intrauterine death Classification ...
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 1986
Summary. Clinical case notes and necropsy reports were used to validate underlying causes of death as recorded and coded on 590 stillbirth and neonatal death certificates. There were 55 cases ascribed to respiratory distress syndrome, in 45 this was validated, three cases were not assigned to respiratory distress syndrome which should have been.
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Summary. Clinical case notes and necropsy reports were used to validate underlying causes of death as recorded and coded on 590 stillbirth and neonatal death certificates. There were 55 cases ascribed to respiratory distress syndrome, in 45 this was validated, three cases were not assigned to respiratory distress syndrome which should have been.
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Underlying cause of death as recorded for multiple sclerosis patients: Associated factors
Journal of Chronic Diseases, 1983The coding of multiple sclerosis (MS) as underlying cause of death (UCD) on the death certificate provides an important epidemiologic resource for both descriptive and analytic studies. However, not all deaths among MS patients will be so coded. We investigated the effect on estimated occurrence of MS and on characteristics of MS patients when only UCD
Roger Detels +6 more
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