"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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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Death Certificates" by people in Profiles.
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[COVID-19- and influenza-associated deaths in Munich as of March 2020-a standardized analysis of death certificates]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2021 Sep; 64(9):1125-1135.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and cause of death. Sociol Health Illn. 2021 08; 43(7):1614-1626.
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Different approaches to the analysis of causes of death during the COVID-19 epidemic. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2021 May; 25(9):3610-3613.
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The COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Civil Registration of Births and Deaths and on Availability and Utility of Vital Events Data. Am J Public Health. 2021 06; 111(6):1123-1131.
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Death Certificate-Based ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes for COVID-19 Mortality Surveillance - United States, January-December 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Apr 09; 70(14):523-527.
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COVID-19 mortality in California based on death certificates: disproportionate impacts across racial/ethnic groups and nativity. Ann Epidemiol. 2021 06; 58:69-75.
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The roles of medical examiners in the COVID-19 era: a comparison between the United States and Italy. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2021 06; 17(2):262-270.
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Ethnic-minority groups in England and Wales-factors associated with the size and timing of elevated COVID-19 mortality: a retrospective cohort study linking census and death records. Int J Epidemiol. 2021 01 23; 49(6):1951-1962.
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COVID-19 pandemic: Coroner's database of death inquiries with clinical epidemiology and total and excess mortality analyses in the District of Kildare March to June 2020. J Forensic Leg Med. 2020 Nov; 76:102072.
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[Deaths by COVID-19 in Spain and mortality statistics]. Gac Sanit. 2021 May-Jun; 35(3):303-304.