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Descriptor
English
:
Cause of Death
Descriptor
Spanish
:
causas de muerte
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Causas de Morte
Synonyms
English
:
Causes of Death
Death Cause
Death Causes
Tree Number:
E05.318.308.985.550.250
N01.224.935.698.100
N06.850.505.400.975.550.250
N06.850.520.308.985.550.250
SP3.076.187.173.134
SP5.006.052.168.154.090
Definition
English
:
Factors which produce cessation of all vital bodily functions. They can be analyzed from an epidemiologic viewpoint.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
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
History Note
English
:
88
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
TD
trends
Record Number:
28637
Unique Identifier:
D002423
Occurrence in VHL
:
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