"Death Certificates" 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.
Official records of individual deaths including the cause of death certified by a physician, and any other required identifying information.
| Descriptor ID |
D003644
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.940.350 L01.399.250.900.350 N04.452.859.264 N05.715.360.300.715.315 N06.850.520.308.940.350
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| Concept/Terms |
Death Certificates- Death Certificates
- Certificate, Death
- Certificates, Death
- Death Certificate
Death Records- Death Records
- Death Record
- Record, Death
- Records, Death
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Death Certificates" by people in Profiles.
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Obi J, Mehari A, Gillum R. Mortality Related to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Co-morbidities in the United States, A Multiple Causes of Death Analysis. COPD. 2018 04; 15(2):200-205.
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Kodadhala V, Obi J, Wessly P, Mehari A, Gillum RF. Asthma-related mortality in the United States, 1999 to 2015: A multiple causes of death analysis. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2018 06; 120(6):614-619.
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Thompson CA, Boothroyd DB, Hastings KG, Cullen MR, Palaniappan LP, Rehkopf DH. A Multiple-Imputation "Forward Bridging" Approach to Address Changes in the Classification of Asian Race/Ethnicity on the US Death Certificate. Am J Epidemiol. 2018 02 01; 187(2):347-357.
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Trepka MJ, Sheehan DM, Fennie KP, Niyonsenga T, Lieb S, Maddox LM. Completeness of HIV reporting on death certificates for Floridians reported with HIV infection, 2000-2011. AIDS Care. 2016; 28(1):98-103.
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Sparks CS, Wood JW, Johnson PL. Infant mortality and intra-household competition in the Northern Islands of Orkney, Scotland, 1855-2001. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2013 Jun; 151(2):191-201.
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Eziefule AA, Martinez CA, Mulla ZD. Preeclampsia mortality in Texas: a capture-recapture analysis. J Registry Manag. 2011; 38(3):150-2.
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Kim MH, Jung-Choi K, Jun HJ, Kawachi I. Socioeconomic inequalities in suicidal ideation, parasuicides, and completed suicides in South Korea. Soc Sci Med. 2010 Apr; 70(8):1254-61.
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Bell CL, Davis J, Harrigan RC, Somogyi-Zalud E, Tanabe MK, Masaki KH. Factors associated with place of death for elderly Japanese-American men: the Honolulu Heart Program and Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Apr; 57(4):714-8.
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Duke W, Williams L, Correa A. Using active birth defects surveillance programs to supplement data on fetal death reports: improving surveillance data on stillbirths. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2008 Nov; 82(11):799-804.
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Pedula KL, Coleman AL, Hillier TA, Ensrud KE, Nevitt MC, Hochberg MC, Mangione CM. Visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and mortality in older women: Study of osteoporotic fractures. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Dec; 54(12):1871-7.