Cause of Death

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"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.

MeSH information

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Factors which produce cessation of all vital bodily functions. They can be analyzed from an epidemiologic viewpoint.

Descriptor ID	D002423
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
Concept/Terms	Cause of Death Cause of Death Causes of Death Death Cause Death Causes

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cause of Death".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Data Collection [E05.318.308]
Vital Statistics [E05.318.308.985]
Mortality [E05.318.308.985.550]
Cause of Death [E05.318.308.985.550.250]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Demography [N01.224]
Vital Statistics [N01.224.935]
Mortality [N01.224.935.698]
Cause of Death [N01.224.935.698.100]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Measurements [N06.850.505]
Demography [N06.850.505.400]
Vital Statistics [N06.850.505.400.975]
Mortality [N06.850.505.400.975.550]
Cause of Death [N06.850.505.400.975.550.250]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]
Vital Statistics [N06.850.520.308.985]
Mortality [N06.850.520.308.985.550]
Cause of Death [N06.850.520.308.985.550.250]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Cause of Death".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Cause of Death".

publications

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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.

Bar chart showing 121 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2017 and 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1993	0	1	1
1995	1	0	1
1999	0	1	1
2000	0	3	3
2001	0	3	3
2002	0	2	2
2003	3	0	3
2004	1	3	4
2005	0	3	3
2006	1	3	4
2007	1	2	3
2008	2	3	5
2009	3	5	8
2010	1	2	3
2011	0	5	5
2012	4	2	6
2013	0	3	3
2014	1	4	5
2015	4	3	7
2016	2	5	7
2017	2	10	12
2018	3	5	8
2019	2	10	12
2020	4	5	9
2021	0	3	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Cause of Death" by people in Profiles.

Kim Y, Huan T, Joehanes R, McKeown NM, Horvath S, Levy D, Ma J. Higher diet quality relates to decelerated epigenetic aging. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 01 11; 115(1):163-170.

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Trost SL, Beauregard JL, Smoots AN, Ko JY, Haight SC, Moore Simas TA, Byatt N, Madni SA, Goodman D. Preventing Pregnancy-Related Mental Health Deaths: Insights From 14 US Maternal Mortality Review Committees, 2008-17. Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 10; 40(10):1551-1559.

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Berman AN, Biery DW, Ginder C, Singh A, Baek J, Wadhera RK, Wu WY, Divakaran S, DeFilippis EM, Hainer J, Cannon CP, Plutzky J, Polk DM, Nasir K, Di Carli MF, Ash AS, Bhatt DL, Blankstein R. Association of Socioeconomic Disadvantage With Long-term Mortality After Myocardial Infarction: The Mass General Brigham YOUNG-MI Registry. JAMA Cardiol. 2021 08 01; 6(8):880-888.

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Sharafeldin N, Bates B, Song Q, Madhira V, Yan Y, Dong S, Lee E, Kuhrt N, Shao YR, Liu F, Bergquist T, Guinney J, Su J, Topaloglu U. Outcomes of COVID-19 in Patients With Cancer: Report From the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C). J Clin Oncol. 2021 07 10; 39(20):2232-2246.

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Frendl DM, FitzGerald G, Epstein MM, Allison JJ, Sokoloff MH, Ware JE. Predicting the 10-year risk of death from other causes in men with localized prostate cancer using patient-reported factors: Development of a tool. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0240039.

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Walker ME, Xanthakis V, Peterson LR, Duncan MS, Lee J, Ma J, Bigornia S, Moore LL, Quatromoni PA, Vasan RS, Jacques PF. Dietary Patterns, Ceramide Ratios, and Risk of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: The Framingham Offspring Study. J Nutr. 2020 11 19; 150(11):2994-3004.

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Landes SD, Turk MA, Lauer E. Recommendations for Accurately Reporting Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities on Death Certificates. Am J Prev Med. 2020 12; 59(6):892-895.

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Verma A, Qayyum R. Non-lactate strong ion difference and cardiovascular, cancer and all-cause mortality. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2020 08 27; 59(2):403-409.

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Colicino E, Marioni R, Ward-Caviness C, Gondalia R, Guan W, Chen B, Tsai PC, Huan T, Xu G, Golareh A, Schwartz J, Vokonas P, Just A, Starr JM, McRae AF, Wray NR, Visscher PM, Bressler J, Zhang W, Tanaka T, Moore AZ, Pilling LC, Zhang G, Stewart JD, Li Y, Hou L, Castillo-Fernandez J, Spector T, Kiel DP, Murabito JM, Liu C, Mendelson M, Assimes T, Absher D, Tsaho PS, Lu AT, Ferrucci L, Wilson R, Waldenberger M, Prokisch H, Bandinelli S, Bell JT, Levy D, Deary IJ, Horvath S, Pankow J, Peters A, Whitsel EA, Baccarelli A. Blood DNA methylation sites predict death risk in a longitudinal study of 12, 300 individuals. Aging (Albany NY). 2020 07 22; 12(14):14092-14124.

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Hawkins D, Davis L, Punnett L, Kriebel D. Disparities in the Deaths of Despair by Occupation, Massachusetts, 2000 to 2015. J Occup Environ Med. 2020 07; 62(7):484-492.

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