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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Main Author: Elizabet Ukolova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-08-01
Series:Population Health Metrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-025-00394-w
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