Any injury or disease that results in physical trauma to the body, leading to death. Medical Examiners and/or Coroners will make the determination of cause, either at the scene or during a subsequent autopsy.
the causal agent resulting in death; "heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States"
The underlying cause of death determined to be the primary condition leading to death, based on the international rules and sequential procedure set forth for manual classification of the underlying causes of death by the National Center for Health Statistics and the World Health Organization ( International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision). (See also: "Underlying cause of death.")
"why" the person died; the medical reason for death.
All those diseases, morbid conditions, or injuries that either resulted in or contributed to death. In the case of injuries, cause of death also encompasses the circumstances of the accident or violence. Unless otherwise specified, deaths are tabulated by underlying cause of death.
Deaths are categorised according to the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death. The cause of death in this classification is defined as the underlying cause, that is, the disease or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death. The underlying cause may be different from the immediate cause. For example, the underlying cause of death of a person who fell and broke a hip and then went on to develop and die of pneumonia in hospital would be the fall. The immediate cause would be pneumonia. The current version of the International Classification is the 10th Revision (ICD-10) and has been used to classify all deaths registered in Australia from 1 January 1999. From 1979-1998 the ICD-9 classification was used.
From information reported on the medical certificate of cause of death, each death is classified by the underlying cause of death according to rules and conventions of the ninth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (q.v.). The underlying cause is defined as the disease which initiated the train of events leading directly to death. Deaths from injury or poisoning are classified according to the circumstances of the violence which produced the fatal injury, rather than to the nature of the injury.
the medical cause(s) bringing about the death of an individual.
also referred to as the underlying cause of death, is the disease or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death. Accidental and violent deaths are classified according to the external cause (or that which produced the fatal injury) rather than to the nature of the injury.
Any condition which leads to or contributes to death and is classifiable according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) system.
Cause of Death is a 1990 (see 1990 in music) album by American death metal band Obituary. It was re-released in 1997 (see 1997 in music).