"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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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Death Certificates" by people in Profiles.
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Trends in Mortality From Extrahepatic Complications in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease, From 2007 Through 2017. Gastroenterology. 2019 10; 157(4):1055-1066.e11.
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Population-Based Assessment of the Incidence of Aortic Dissection, Intramural Hematoma, and Penetrating Ulcer, and Its Associated Mortality From 1995 to 2015. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018 08; 11(8):e004689.
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Hurricane Sandy (New Jersey): Mortality Rates in the Following Month and Quarter. Am J Public Health. 2017 08; 107(8):1304-1307.
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Contemporary accuracy of death certificates for coding prostate cancer as a cause of death: Is reliance on death certification good enough? A comparison with blinded review by an independent cause of death evaluation committee. Br J Cancer. 2016 Jun 28; 115(1):90-4.
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Sex-Specific Association of Sleep Apnea Severity With Subclinical Myocardial Injury, Ventricular Hypertrophy, and Heart Failure Risk in a Community-Dwelling Cohort: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities-Sleep Heart Health Study. Circulation. 2015 Oct 06; 132(14):1329-37.
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Assessing the utility of cancer-registry-processed cause of death in calculating cancer-specific survival. Cancer. 2013 May 15; 119(10):1900-7.
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Unintentional firearm death across the urban-rural landscape in the United States. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Oct; 73(4):1006-10.
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Small size for gestational age and the risk for infant mortality in the subsequent pregnancy. Ann Epidemiol. 2012 Nov; 22(11):764-71.
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How the continuity of care document can advance medical research and public health. Am J Public Health. 2012 May; 102(5):e1-4.
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Assessing the impact of paternal involvement on racial/ethnic disparities in infant mortality rates. J Community Health. 2011 Feb; 36(1):63-8.