scholarly journals On the distribution of underlying causes of death.

1982 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
A M Gittelsohn
Keyword(s):  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Underlying Causes

DIFFERENCES IN PERCEPTION OF CAUSES OF CAMEL CALF LOSSES BETWEEN PASTORALISTS AND SCIENTISTS

2003 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. A. KAUFMANN
Keyword(s):  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Complete Understanding ◽  
Underlying Causes ◽  
Calf Mortality ◽  
Management Changes ◽  
Calf Rearing

Management deficiencies on the part of the pastoralists were claimed to be one of the major causes of the high losses of camel (Camelus dromedarius) calves contributing to low productivity of camel herds. In the present study, calf deaths, and the causes thereof, were analysed in connection with pastoral calf management in order to assess possible relationships. Progeny history data on 1506 Rendille, 789 Gabra and 1206 Somali calves born between 1980 and 1995 provided quantitative information on losses and the underlying causes. Assessment of the causes of death, and analysis of related management practices, led to suggestions for management changes. In feedback seminars with pastoralists, however, it became apparent that these management changes would not be adopted because they contradicted the pastoralists' assumptions on the causes of calf mortality. The discussions revealed that differences between pastoralists' and scientists' perceptions determined different opinions on proper calf-rearing management practices. Combining different knowledge systems offers the possibility of a more complete understanding, which is required for the derivation of adoptable calf mortality-reducing interventions that are compatible with the knowledge and production systems of the pastoralists.

On Causes of Death in Britain (1970-72)

1977 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 53-68
Author(s):  
J. J. McCutcheon
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Life Tables ◽  
Relative Significance ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Underlying Causes

The purpose of this paper is to analyse briefly the relative significance of the principal causes of death which currently prevail in the United Kingdom. The work is a sequel to that of references and, in which various life tables were produced from the data of the 1971 U.K. census and the numbers of deaths during the years 1970 to 1972. These earlier papers, however, study mortality without reference to the underlying causes of death.

scholarly journals Concordance between the underlying causes of death on death certificates written by three emergency physicians

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-225
Author(s):  
Hyeji Lee ◽  
Sun Hyu Kim ◽  
Byungho Choi ◽  
Minsu Ock ◽  
Eun Ji Park
Keyword(s):  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Death Certificates ◽  
Emergency Physicians ◽  
Underlying Causes

scholarly journals Trends in underlying causes of death in people with HIV from 1999 to 2011 (D:A:D): a multicohort collaboration

The Lancet ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 384 (9939) ◽  
pp. 241-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colette J Smith ◽  
Lene Ryom ◽  
Rainer Weber ◽  
Philippe Morlat ◽  
Christian Pradier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Underlying Causes

Mortality among patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension enrolled in the IH Registry

Neurology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 95 (7) ◽  
pp. e921-e929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam M. Hermes ◽  
Nick R. Miller ◽  
Carin S. Waslo ◽  
Susan C. Benes ◽  
Emanuel Tanne
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Intracranial Hypertension ◽  
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
Accidental Overdose ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Underlying Causes

ObjectiveTo determine (1) if mortality among patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) enrolled in the Intracranial Hypertension Registry (IHR) is different from that of the general population of the United States and (2) what the leading underlying causes of death are among this cohort.MethodsMortality and underlying causes of death were ascertained from the National Death Index. Indirect standardization using age- and sex-specific nationwide all-cause and cause-specific mortality data extracted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wonder Online Database allowed for calculation of standardized mortality ratios (SMR).ResultsThere were 47 deaths (96% female) among 1437 IHR participants that met inclusion criteria. The average age at death was 46 years (range, 20–95 years). Participants of the IHR experienced higher all-cause mortality than the general population (SMR, 1.5; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.2–2.1). Suicide, accidents, and deaths from medical/surgical complications were the most common underlying causes, accounting for 43% of all deaths. When compared to the general population, the risk of suicide was over 6 times greater (SMR, 6.1; 95% CI, 2.9–12.7) and the risk of death from accidental overdose was over 3 times greater (SMR, 3.5; 95% CI, 1.6–7.7). The risk of suicide by overdose was over 15 times greater among the IHR cohort than in the general population (SMR, 15.3; 95% CI, 6.4–36.7).ConclusionsPatients with IIH in the IHR possess significantly increased risks of death from suicide and accidental overdose compared to the general population. Complications of medical/surgical treatments were also major contributors to mortality. Depression and disability were common among decedents. These findings should be interpreted with caution as the IHR database is likely subject to selection bias.

scholarly journals Redistribution of heart failure deaths using two methods: linkage of hospital records with death certificate data and multiple causes of death data

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Luiza Bierrenbach ◽  
Gizelton Pereira Alencar ◽  
Cátia Martinez ◽  
Maria de Fátima Marinho de Souza ◽  
Gabriela Moreira Policena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Kidney Diseases ◽  
Heart Diseases ◽  
National Study ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Multiple Causes Of Death ◽  
Underlying Causes ◽  
Garbage Code ◽  
Multiple Causes

Heart failure is considered a garbage code when assigned as the underlying cause of death. Reassigning garbage codes to plausible causes reduces bias and increases comparability of mortality data. Two redistribution methods were applied to Brazilian data, from 2008 to 2012, for decedents aged 55 years and older. In the multiple causes of death method, heart failure deaths were redistributed based on the proportion of underlying causes found in matched deaths that had heart failure listed as an intermediate cause. In the hospitalization data method, heart failure deaths were redistributed based on data from the decedents’ corresponding hospitalization record. There were 123,269 (3.7%) heart failure deaths. The method with multiple causes of death redistributed 25.3% to hypertensive heart and kidney diseases, 22.6% to coronary heart diseases and 9.6% to diabetes. The total of 41,324 heart failure deaths were linked to hospitalization records. Heart failure was listed as the principal diagnosis in 45.8% of the corresponding hospitalization records. For those, no redistribution occurred. For the remaining ones, the hospitalization data method redistributed 21.2% to a group with other (non-cardiac) diseases, 6.5% to lower respiratory infections and 9.3% to other garbage codes. Heart failure is a frequently used garbage code in Brazil. We used two redistribution methods, which were straightforwardly applied but led to different results. These methods need to be validated, which can be done in the wake of a recent national study that will investigate a big sample of hospital deaths with garbage codes listed as underlying causes.

Immediate and Underlying Causes of Death in Lung Transplant Recipients With and Without Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction

CHEST Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 149 (4) ◽  
pp. A601
Author(s):  
Nishanth Yogarajah ◽  
Bart Vrugt ◽  
Lars Huber ◽  
Christian Benden ◽  
Macé Schuurmans
Keyword(s):  
Lung Transplant ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Transplant Recipients ◽  
Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction ◽  
Allograft Dysfunction ◽  
Underlying Causes ◽  
Lung Transplant Recipients

Mortality Profile Related to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Multiple Cause-of-death Analysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 496-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
DEBORAH C.C. SOUZA ◽  
AUGUSTO H. SANTO ◽  
EMILIA I. SATO
Keyword(s):  
Renal Failure ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Lupus Erythematosus ◽  
Digestive System ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Circulatory System ◽  
Systemic Lupus ◽  
Circulatory System Diseases ◽  
Underlying Causes ◽  
Digestive System Diseases

Objective.To analyze the mortality profile related to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.Methods.For the 1985–2007 period, we analyzed all death certificates (n = 4815) on which SLE was listed as an underlying (n = 3133) or non-underlying (n = 1682) cause of death. We evaluated sex, age, and the causes of death, comparing the first and last 5 years of the period, as well as determining the observed/expected death ratio (O/E ratio).Results.For SLE as an underlying cause, the mean age at death was 35.77 years (SD 15.12) and the main non-underlying causes of death were renal failure, circulatory system diseases, pneumonia, and septicemia. Over the period, the proportional mention of infectious causes and circulatory system diseases increased, whereas renal diseases decreased. For SLE as a non-underlying cause of death, the most common underlying causes of death were circulatory, respiratory, genitourinary, and digestive system diseases, and certain infections. The overall death O/E ratio was > 1 for renal failure, tuberculosis, septicemia, pneumonia, and digestive system diseases, as well as for circulatory system diseases at < 50 years of age, particularly acute myocardial infarct.Conclusion.Unlike in developed countries, renal failure and infectious diseases are still the most frequent causes of death. The increase in SLE deaths associated with infection, especially pneumonia and septicemia, is worrisome. The judicious use of immunosuppressive therapy together with vigorous treatment of cardiovascular comorbidities is crucial to the successful management of SLE and to improving survival of patients with SLE.

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