"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.
Factors which produce cessation of all vital bodily functions. They can be analyzed from an epidemiologic viewpoint.
| Descriptor ID |
D002423
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| 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
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general 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.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2002 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2005 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2009 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2010 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2011 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2012 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2013 | 2 | 16 | 18 |
| 2014 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2015 | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 2016 | 4 | 23 | 27 |
| 2017 | 6 | 25 | 31 |
| 2018 | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| 2019 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 2020 | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2022 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2024 | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cause of Death" by people in Profiles.
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The Association between All-Cause Mortality and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: A U-Shaped Curve. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Apr; 22(4):581-590.
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Association of High-Sensitivity Troponins in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2025 Jun; 61(11):1785-1793.
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Personality factors associated with manner of death: A psychological autopsy study. J Psychiatr Res. 2025 Apr; 184:522-527.
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Causes of mortality in the congenital disorders of glycosylation. Mol Genet Metab. 2025 Mar; 144(3):109052.
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The association between county-level social determinants of health and cardio-kidney-metabolic disease attributed all-cause mortality in the US: A cross sectional analysis. Am J Med Sci. 2025 Apr; 369(4):491-497.
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Trends in Cardiovascular Disease-Related Mortality in Texas. Tex Heart Inst J. 2024 Jul-Dec; 51(2):e248426.
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New Clinical and Public Health Challenges: Increasing Trends in United States Alcohol Related Mortality. Am J Med. 2025 Mar; 138(3):477-486.
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Age modulates the predictive value of self-reported sleepiness for all-cause mortality risk: insights from a comprehensive national database of veterans. J Clin Sleep Med. 2024 Nov 01; 20(11):1785-1792.
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Bayesian Model Projecting Cardiovascular Disease Related Mortality Trends in the United States. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Nov 05; 13(21):e035922.
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Primary care physician density and mortality in the United States. J Natl Med Assoc. 2024 Oct; 116(5):600-606.