PUBLIC HEALTH, NURSING, AND MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 761-765
Author(s):  
Myron E. Wegman
Keyword(s):  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
Final Diagnosis ◽  
International Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Standard Nomenclature ◽  
Classification Of Diseases ◽  
International Statistical Classification ◽  
Health Nursing

Every physician who has been through an internship is familiar with the Standard Nomenclature of Diseases and Operations. Far fewer know the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death or appreciate the relationship between the two. Official inauguration of the use of the Seventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases on January 1, 1958 offers occasion for reviewing some of the considerations affecting the proper naming and classification of diseases and causes of death. It is necessary to clarify the distinction between a "nomenclature" and a "classification." A nomenclature is a list of all terms considered satisfactory in medical usage at the time the nomenclature was prepared. Its primary purpose is to promote use of the same name for the same disease, a necessity for comparability of reports and effective study of a disease. To achieve such uniformity there must be some background of usage and custom, as well as a systematic reference work to help the physician arrive at and use the standard term as a final diagnosis for his case. The Standard Nomenclature of Diseases and Operations of the American Medical Association is in practically universal use in the major institutions of the U. S. A. The Nomenclature itself, while detailed and inevitably complicated by extent of coverage and inclusiveness, follows such a logical pattern that under the pressure of institutional rules and routines it is not difficult to use the system efficiently. Individual physicians, however, are not so disposed to spend the time necessary to follow the Nomenclature and tend rather to use the terminology popular in the geographic area where they are working. Development of local terminologies and usages is perhaps the greatest limiting factor militating against a really general nomenclature.

Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases — In Progress

1988 ◽  
Vol 152 (S1) ◽  
pp. 29-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. R. Brämer
Keyword(s):  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Statistical Study ◽  
International Classification Of Diseases ◽  
World Health ◽  
Classification Of Diseases ◽  
International Statistical Classification ◽  
Standard Classification ◽  
Uniform Nomenclature ◽  
Health Organization

Classification is fundamental to science and a standard classification of diseases and injury is essential for the systematic statistical study of illness and death. This was recognised as early as the seventeenth century when such studies started and in 1853 Dr William Farr of London and Marc d'Espine of Geneva were entrusted with the task of preparing ‘a uniform nomenclature of causes of death applicable to all countries’. This led eventually to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death (ICD). In 1948, when the World Health Organization (WHO) was created, the newborn agency was asked to review and revise the classification regularly. The ICD is now undergoing its tenth revision.

scholarly journals La reconstrucción de las causas de muerte por el método MODICOD en el  análisis demográfico-sanitario. De la CIE-9 a la CIE-10 a un nivel de cuarto dígito

2018 ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Aina Faus-Bertomeu ◽  
Rosa Gómez-Redondo
Keyword(s):  
Causes Of Death ◽  
International Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Epidemiological Transition ◽  
Health Transition ◽  
Fourth Digit ◽  
Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
La Red ◽  
First Time

A pesar del conocimiento acumulado sobre mortalidad y longevidad se hace imprescindible conocer con mayor profundidad la cuarta fase de la Transición Epidemiológica en la que se encuentra España, como otros países de su entorno, para anticipar la emergencia de un nuevo escalón en la Transición Sanitaria así como su impacto social en los años venideros. Para ello, se precisa del análisis de datos de mortalidad por  causas de muerte con el objeto de seguir su evolución y cambios. No obstante la codificación de las causas de muerte se interrumpe con las sucesivas revisiones a la Clasificación Internacional de Enfermedades (CIE). Por ello, se utiliza la metodología de la reconstrucción de causas de muerte propuesta por France Meslé y Jacques Vallin (1988, 1996), de aplicación en la comunidad científica de los países que forman parte de la red internacional Mortality, Divergence and Causes of Death (MODICOD) y en la que las autoras participan en representación de España. El presente trabajo describe las fases de dicho protocolo y lo ejemplifica con los datos de causas de muerte españolas para el periodo 1980- 2012, reconstruyendo las series entre la CIE-9 y la CIE-10. Los resultados obtenidos garantizan el seguimiento de 6.902 rúbricas de causas de muerte continuas y homogeneizadas que por primera vez se establece a nivel de desagregación del cuarto dígito de la CIE-10 configurándose como un instrumento metodológico en el análisis demográfico-epidemiológico.Despite the accumulated knowledge about mortality and longevity, it is essential to know in the depth of the fourth phase of the Epidemiological Transition in which Spain, like other neighboring countries, is in to anticipate a new step in the Health Transition as well as its impact in the coming years. In this context, the analysis of the data of the causes of death is necessary in order to follow its evolution and changes. However, the codification of causes of death is interrupted by the successive revisions to the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). For this reason, the methodology of the reconstruction of causes of death proposed by France Meslé and Jacques Vallin (1988, 1996) is used and applied in the countries that are part of the international network Mortality, Divergence and Causes of Death (MODICOD) and in which the authors participate in representation of Spain. The present work describes the phases of this protocol and exemplifies it with the date of Spanish causes of death for the period 1980 to 2015, reconstructing series between ICD-9 and ICD-10. The results obtained ensuring the monitoring of 6,902 rubrics of continuous and homogenized causes of death at a fourth digit level of the ICD-10, which for the first time is established at a level of the fourth digit of the ICD-10, that are configured as a demographic-epidemiological methodological instrument.

scholarly journals Umieralność z przyczyn nieznanych i niedokładnie określonych oraz jej trwałe zróżnicowanie terytorialne w Polsce

2014 ◽  
pp. 83-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Fihel ◽  
Magdalena Muszyńska ◽  
Wiktoria Wróblewska
Keyword(s):  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Statistical Classification ◽  
Spatial Differences ◽  
Classification Of Diseases ◽  
International Statistical Classification ◽  
Local Coding ◽  
Causes Of Deaths ◽  
Collecting System

An effective health policy can be only conducted on the basis of complete and up-to-date statistical data referring to, among others, causes of deaths. The share of deaths due to unknown and ill-defined causes constitutes one of quality indicators of data on mortality. As compared to other European countries, in Poland this share is relatively high, especially in some regions of the country. Presented analysis is devoted to spatial differences of mortality due to unknown and ill-defined causes in 1991–1995 and 2006–2010. Despite the introduction of the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, as well as despite the modernization of data collecting system in 1997, spatial differences remained at a constant and moderate level, which probably results from the prevalence of local coding practices. We propose possible solutions that could contribute to decrease in share of death due to unknown and ill-defined causes in Poland, among them standardization of local coding procedures concerning causes of death.

scholarly journals The Milano Sforza Registers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elia Biganzoli ◽  
Folco Vaglienti ◽  
Patrizia Boracchi ◽  
Ester Luconi ◽  
Silvana Castaldi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
International Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Database Application ◽  
The Social ◽  
Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
Original Classification

AbstractThe Mortorum Libri of Milano (1452-1801) represent the first register in Europe based on the daily recording of the dead and detailed information about the social ties of decease people.Mortorum Libri’s protocol is the first example of a monitoring and prevention chain based on ethical and juridical individual responsibility.The causes of death were codified according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) to relate the original classification with the present one.This study has a particular reference to the Registers of the 15th century and analyzes the mortality in 1480 as an example of the database application in epidemiology.

Grammars of Death

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-143
Author(s):  
Douglas L. Anderton ◽  
Susan Hautaniemi Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Causes Of Death ◽  
International Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Mortality Trends ◽  
Robust Estimates ◽  
Specific Mortality ◽  
Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Social Biases

Historical mortality analysis is often confounded by changing disease environments, diagnostic criteria, and terminology. Recorded causes of death are shaped by these local and historical contexts. We analyze changing literal causes of death during the shift from miasmatic to germ theories of disease using death records from two Massachusetts towns for selected years spanning 1850 to 1912. This analysis demonstrates that (1) International Classification of Diseases (ICD) classifications are more stable, yet potentially less informative, than the literal causes recorded in death accounts, (2) recorded causes of death often include additional qualifications and elaborations beyond basic literal causes of death, and the use of such qualifiers rose dramatically during the late nineteenth century, (3) social biases are clearly evident in the extent to which causes of death were further described or qualified, and (4) the additional descriptive qualification of deaths during this period of often ambiguous historical causes of death can potentially aid in efforts to classify causes of death and derive robust estimates of cause-specific mortality trends.

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