Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Cause of Death

Factors which produce cessation of all vital bodily functions. They can be analyzed from an epidemiologic viewpoint.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Factors which produce cessation of all vital bodily functions. They can be analyzed from an epidemiologic viewpoint.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Causes of Death
  • Death Cause
  • Death Causes

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Aspects Covered

1 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings trends.

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Indexing Annotation

note categories; do not use for cause of death in every clinical case; restrict to cause of death as an epidemiological consideration: "mortality by cause of death", "certification of cause of death"; probably IM in such cases; coord NIM with specific disease /mortal (IM); specify geog if pertinent

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History Note

88

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Previous Indexing

  • Mortality (1966-1987)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. E05.318w.308w.985w.550w.250w
  2. N01.224w.935w.698w.100w
  3. N06.850w.505.400w.975w.550w.250w
  4. N06.850w.520w.308w.985w.550w.250w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cause of Death. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002423. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002423
  2. Cause of Death. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cause_of_death
  3. Cause of Death. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1931388