Definitions for "Cause of Death"
Keywords:  morbid, icd, revision, ninth, violence
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.")