"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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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Death Certificates" by people in Profiles.
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Ascertainment of Vital Status Among People With Criminal Justice Involvement Using Department of Corrections Records, the US National Death Index, and Social Security Master Death Files. Am J Epidemiol. 2017 05 15; 185(10):982-985.
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Surveillance for Cancer Incidence and Mortality - United States, 2013. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2017 01 27; 66(4):1-36.
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Assessing the accuracy of opioid overdose and poisoning codes in diagnostic information from electronic health records, claims data, and death records. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2017 May; 26(5):509-517.
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Maternal Deaths From Suicide and Overdose in Colorado, 2004-2012. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 12; 128(6):1233-1240.
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Neonatal Phototherapy and Infantile Cancer. Pediatrics. 2016 06; 137(6).
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Ovarian and uterine cancer incidence and mortality in American Indian and Alaska Native women, United States, 1999-2009. Am J Public Health. 2014 Jun; 104 Suppl 3:S423-31.
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The value of linking hospital discharge and mortality data for comparative effectiveness research. J Comp Eff Res. 2013 Mar; 2(2):175-84.
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Mortality burden of the 2009-10 influenza pandemic in the United States: improving the timeliness of influenza severity estimates using inpatient mortality records. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2013 Sep; 7(5):863-71.
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Temporal trends in recording of diabetes on death certificates: results from Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD). Diabetes Care. 2011 Jul; 34(7):1529-33.
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Visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and mortality in older women: Study of osteoporotic fractures. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Dec; 54(12):1871-7.