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Underlying Causes of Death among Adults in the United States, 2013–2017 [PDF]

open access: yesExploratory Research and Hypothesis in Medicine, 2020
Overall mortality among U.S. adults has been stable in past years; however, racial disparity influenced 10 leading causes of death or age-specific mortality in Blacks or African Americans. Unfortunately, the trends in sex- and race-adjusted age-standardized cause-specific mortality are poorly understood.We here aimed to identify the underlying causes ...
Lanjing Zhang   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Verbal Autopsy Methods with Multiple Causes of Death [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Verbal autopsy procedures are widely used for estimating cause-specific mortality in areas without medical death certification. Data on symptoms reported by caregivers along with the cause of death are collected from a medical facility, and the cause-of ...
King, Gary, Lu, Ying
core   +2 more sources

The interpretation of COVID-19 in cause-of-death statistics: a matter of causality

open access: yesGMS Infectious Diseases
Background: Mortality is an important indicator for estimating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, different registrations provide different figures and the question is how to interpret the number of COVID-19 deaths reported.
Harteloh, Peter P. M.
doaj   +1 more source

HIV and Hepatitis C Mortality in Massachusetts, 2002–2011: Spatial Cluster and Trend Analysis of HIV and HCV Using Multiple Cause of Death [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: Infectious diseases, while associated with a much smaller proportion of deaths than they were 50 years ago, still play a significant role in mortality across the state of Massachusetts.
Hood, Maria Elena   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Four Decades of COPD Mortality Trends: Analysis of Trends and Multiple Causes of Death [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
There is little information on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mortality trends, age of death, or male:female ratio. This study therefore sought to analyze time trends in mortality with COPD recorded as the underlying cause of death from ...
Candal Pedreira, Cristina   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Prevalence, underlying causes, and preventability of sepsis-associated mortality in US acute care hospitals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Importance: Sepsis is present in many hospitalizations that culminate in death. The contribution of sepsis to these deaths, and the extent to which they are preventable, is unknown.
Anderson, Deverick J   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Mortality information: the use of international rules for the selection of the underlying cause [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
A análise da mortalidade tem sido muito usada em saúde pública, e a causa básica da morte é uma variável bastante estudada. Na maioria dos países, há obrigatoriedade de o médico preencher a declaração de óbito (DO), informando às autoridades a ocorrência
GOTLIEB, Sabina Léa Davidson   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Consistency between death certificates and hospital records: a study from Kerman University of Medical Sciences

open access: yesPayesh, 2011
Objective(s): To determine consistency between death certificate and medical records in two hospitals in Kerman, Iran. Methods: Check list was used to collate data on hospital medical records and a questionnaire from viewpoint of certifiers.
Manijeh Ariaei   +3 more
doaj  

Mortalidade infantil em município da região Centro-Oeste Paulista, Brasil, 1990 a 1992 Infant mortality in a midwest city of Southeastern Brazil, 1990 to 1992

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública, 1997
INTRODUÇÃO: A mortalidade infantil em Presidente Prudente, SP (Brasil), foi estudada no período de 1990 a 1992, a partir de aplicação de métodos para obtenção de diagnóstico coletivo que orientassem a identificação e escolha de estratégias de controle de
Jaime de O. Gomes, Augusto H. Santo
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal deaths and mortality due to a maternal underlying cause of death [PDF]

open access: yes
Ao mensurar-se mortalidade materna, é necessário distinguir ' mortes por causas maternas' e 'mortes maternas' Para a Organização Mundial da Saúde-OMS-,mortes maternas são as que ocorrem na gestação, no parto e até 42 dias após o parto; e mortes por ...
GOTLIEB, Sabina Léa Davidson   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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