 Cause of Death
"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.
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D002423
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.550.250 N01.224.935.698.100 N06.850.505.400.975.550.250 N06.850.520.308.985.550.250
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cause of Death" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cause of Death" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1997 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2000 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2004 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2005 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 2006 | 3 | 7 | 10 | | 2007 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2008 | 2 | 7 | 9 | | 2009 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2010 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2011 | 4 | 10 | 14 | | 2012 | 6 | 14 | 20 | | 2013 | 6 | 7 | 13 | | 2014 | 2 | 12 | 14 | | 2015 | 2 | 15 | 17 | | 2016 | 7 | 20 | 27 | | 2017 | 6 | 21 | 27 | | 2018 | 9 | 18 | 27 | | 2019 | 2 | 16 | 18 | | 2020 | 3 | 11 | 14 | | 2021 | 2 | 15 | 17 | | 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2023 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 2024 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 2025 | 0 | 10 | 10 | | 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cause of Death" by people in Profiles.
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Butler J, Fioretti F, McMullan CJ, Anstrom KJ, Barash I, Bonaca MP, Borentain M, Corda S, Teixeira PP, Ezekowitz JA, Gates D, Lam CSP, Lewis EF, Lindenfeld J, Mentz RJ, O'Connor CM, Ponikowski P, Reddy YNV, Rosano GMC, Saldarriaga C, Senni M, Udelson J, Urbinati A, Vlajnic V, Voors AA, Xing A, Patel MJ, Zannad F. Vericiguat and mortality in heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: the VICTOR trial. Eur Heart J. 2026 Feb 11; 47(6):683-697.
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Ni W, Benson L, Ljungman P, Nobile F, Breitner S, Zhang S, de Bont J, Lund LH, Savarese G, Schneider A, Agewall S. Short-Term Exposure to Low and High Temperatures and Mortality Among Patients With Heart Failure in Sweden. JAMA Cardiol. 2025 Dec 01; 10(12):1276-1284.
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Dixon J, Verster J, Geduld H, Lategan H, de Vries S, Oosthuizen G, Wylie C, Lourens D, Steyn E, Hodsdon L, Doubell K, Mayet M, Snyders L, Kohlbrenner M, Bhaumik S, Dymond C, Eisenhauer I, Ross M, Finck L, Rodriguez MD, Mould-Millman NK. Preventable trauma deaths and health system strengthening recommendations: findings from a multi-disciplinary expert panel review of trauma deaths in the Western Cape, South Africa. BMC Public Health. 2025 Nov 07; 25(1):3835.
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Turanovic JJ, Rodriguez N, Kuper JL. Factors Associated With All-Cause Mortality in a Western State Prison System, 1999-2020. Am J Prev Med. 2026 Jan; 70(1):108063.
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King EA, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Emamaullee J, Al-Adra D, Byrne MM, Selzner N, Anderson B, Pomfret EA, Olthoff KM. Over 30 Years of Living Liver Donation in North America: Mortality Associated With Donation. Ann Surg. 2025 Oct 01; 282(4):650-657.
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DeBie K, Keller KP, Gutilla MJ, Rojas-Rueda D, Peel JL, Neophytou AM. Time-Series Analysis of Infant Mortality Disaggregated by Race, Ethnicity, and Specific Causes After 6-Week Abortion Ban. Am J Prev Med. 2025 Oct; 69(4):107960.
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Udoko AN, Passarella M, Formanowski B, Hannan KE, Bourque SL, Radack J, Lorch SA, Hwang SS. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality Rates Among Infants Born Preterm in the US Beyond 44 Weeks of Postmenstrual Age. J Pediatr. 2025 08; 283:114603.
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Sawas T, Jones AR, Alsawas R, Talluri R, Rogers H, Bardhi O, Spezia-Lindner D, Gerberi D, Singh S, Murad MH, Shaheen NJ, Katzka DA, Wani S. Overall and Cause-Specific Mortality in Patients With Barrett's Esophagus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Population-Based Studies. Am J Gastroenterol. 2026 Jan 01; 121(1):140-150.
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DeWitte SN, Jones EE, Livingston C. Health and Mortality in the 19th-Century Rural United States: The Second Epidemiological Transition in Madison County, New York. Am J Hum Biol. 2025 Mar; 37(3):e70017.
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Alharbi H, Horikoshi S, Jenkins SM, Scaglia F, Lam C, Morava E, Larson A, Edmondson AC. Causes of mortality in the congenital disorders of glycosylation. Mol Genet Metab. 2025 Mar; 144(3):109052.
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