Are contributory causes of death in part 2 of the death certificate mediators of chains of morbid events leading to death?
Abstract Background In the United States, over half of all deaths are attributed to five leading underlying causes of death (at the ICD-3 digit level). However, these underlying causes represent only 25% of the total medical information documented on death certificates. While previous studies have i...
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BMC
2025-08-01
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| Series: | Population Health Metrics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-025-00394-w |
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