"Cause of Death" 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.
Factors which produce cessation of all vital bodily functions. They can be analyzed from an epidemiologic viewpoint.
| Descriptor ID |
D002423
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.550.250 L01.280.975.550.250 N01.224.935.698.100 N06.850.505.400.975.550.250 N06.850.520.308.985.550.250
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cause of Death".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2012 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2013 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2014 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 2015 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2016 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2017 | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| 2018 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2019 | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| 2020 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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