Cause of Death

"Cause of Death" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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

Descriptor ID	D002423
MeSH Number(s)	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
Concept/Terms	Cause of Death Cause of Death Causes of Death Death Cause Death Causes

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cause of Death".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Data Collection [E05.318.308]
Vital Statistics [E05.318.308.985]
Mortality [E05.318.308.985.550]
Cause of Death [E05.318.308.985.550.250]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Demography [N01.224]
Vital Statistics [N01.224.935]
Mortality [N01.224.935.698]
Cause of Death [N01.224.935.698.100]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Measurements [N06.850.505]
Demography [N06.850.505.400]
Vital Statistics [N06.850.505.400.975]
Mortality [N06.850.505.400.975.550]
Cause of Death [N06.850.505.400.975.550.250]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]
Vital Statistics [N06.850.520.308.985]
Mortality [N06.850.520.308.985.550]
Cause of Death [N06.850.520.308.985.550.250]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Cause of Death".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Cause of Death".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cause of Death" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cause of Death" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 135 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	1	1
1996	2	1	3
1997	1	1	2
1999	0	1	1
2002	1	3	4
2003	0	1	1
2004	1	3	4
2005	0	1	1
2006	2	3	5
2007	0	3	3
2008	1	2	3
2009	0	2	2
2010	2	3	5
2011	2	3	5
2012	2	2	4
2013	3	6	9
2014	2	8	10
2015	5	5	10
2016	1	6	7
2017	2	10	12
2018	3	10	13
2019	1	11	12
2020	1	4	5
2021	1	5	6
2022	0	2	2
2023	0	4	4
2024	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Cause of Death" by people in Profiles.

Abe TA, Yan F, Olanipekun T, Blaha M, Effoe V, Udongwo N, Mentz RJ, Oshunbade A, Terry JG, Ghali JK, Yimer WK, Kamanu C, Onuorah I, Hall M, Onwuanyi A, Correa A, Echols M. Abdominal Compared With Coronary Artery Calcification and Incident Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Black Adults. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2024 Dec; 17(12):e016775.

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Hadgu A, Yan F, Effoe V, Mayberry R. Statin use and its association with all-cause mortality and incident diabetes/prediabetes in African Americans: Findings from the jackson heart study. J Natl Med Assoc. 2024 Dec; 116(6):682-693.

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Woodruff RC, Kaholokula JK, Riley L, Tong X, Richardson LC, Diktonaite K, Loustalot F, Vaughan AS, Imoisili OE, Hayes DK. Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Adults Aged 35 Years or Older, 2018 to 2022. Ann Intern Med. 2024 Nov; 177(11):1509-1517.

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Finati M, Stephens A, Chiarelli G, Cirulli GO, Tinsley S, Wang Y, Sood A, Buffi N, Lughezzani G, Salonia A, Briganti A, Montorsi F, Busetto GM, Carrieri G, Rogers C, Abdollah F. Radical cystectomy versus trimodal therapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: Analysis of an other-cause mortality matched cohort. Urol Oncol. 2025 Jan; 43(1):61.e1-61.e9.

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Sidhu GK, Fontanilla TM, Becker TS. Midlife and Older Age Methamphetamine Poisoning Deaths in Hawai'i. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2024 08; 83(8):225-229.

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Tinsley SA, Finati M, Stephens A, Chiarelli G, Cirulli GO, Williams E, Morrison C, Richard C, Hares K, Sood A, Buffi N, Lughezzani G, Bettocchi C, Salonia A, Briganti A, Montorsi F, Carrieri G, Rogers C, Abdollah F. Race has no impact on prostate cancer-specific mortality, when comparing patients with similar risk of other-cause mortality: An analysis of a population-based cohort. Cancer. 2024 Sep 15; 130(18):3157-3169.

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Guida JL, Hyun G, Belsky DW, Armstrong GT, Ehrhardt MJ, Hudson MM, Green PA, Robison LL, Streck BP, Tonorezos ES, Yasui Y, Wilson CL, Wang Z, Ness KK. Associations of seven measures of biological age acceleration with frailty and all-cause mortality among adult survivors of childhood cancer in the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort. Nat Cancer. 2024 May; 5(5):731-741.

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Akinyemi O, Ogundare T, Oladunjoye AF, Nasef KE, Lipscombe C, Akinbote JA, Bezold M. Factors associated with suicide/self-inflicted injuries among women aged 18-65 years in the United States: A 13-year retrospective analysis of the National Inpatient Sample database. PLoS One. 2023; 18(10):e0287141.

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Schmied EA, Boltz J, Levine JA, Koenig H, Forbang N, Shero J, Dearth CL, Thomsen CJ. All-cause and cause-specific mortality rates after severe extremity injuries among previously deployed active duty service members. PM R. 2023 10; 15(10):1300-1308.

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Hosseini E, Mokhtari Z, Poustchi H, Khoshnia M, Dawsey SM, Boffetta P, Abnet CC, Kamangar F, Etemadi A, Pourshams A, Sharafkhah M, Brennan P, Malekzadeh R, Hekmatdoost A. Dietary Advanced Glycation End Products and Risk of Overall and Cause-Specific Mortality: Results from the Golestan Cohort Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 02 21; 20(5).

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