 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 | 5 | 10 | 15 | | 2012 | 5 | 14 | 19 | | 2013 | 6 | 7 | 13 | | 2014 | 2 | 13 | 15 | | 2015 | 2 | 15 | 17 | | 2016 | 7 | 21 | 28 | | 2017 | 6 | 21 | 27 | | 2018 | 9 | 18 | 27 | | 2019 | 2 | 17 | 19 | | 2020 | 3 | 11 | 14 | | 2021 | 2 | 15 | 17 | | 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2023 | 0 | 13 | 13 | | 2024 | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 2025 | 0 | 10 | 10 | | 2026 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cause of Death" by people in Profiles.
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Nguyen AP, Binswanger IA, Narwaney KJ, Goodrich G, Christine PJ, Campbell CI, Xu S, Loree AM, Glanz JM. Health Plan Disenrollment and Mortality After Initiation of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder. JAMA Psychiatry. 2026 May 01; 83(5):491-498.
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Denney JT, Boardman JD, Pendergast PM. Hearing impairment and adult mortality: the role of co-impairments in understanding risk. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2026 Apr 07; 81(5).
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Van der Merwe S, Mentoor I, Mould-Millman NK, Verster J. The final referral: A 1-year retrospective review of death referrals through the lens of forensics. S Afr Med J. 2026 Mar 31; 116(3):e3644.
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O'Sullivan D, Samimi S, Anjewierdan S, Wi CI, Lopez KN, Egbe A, Watson D, Jain CC, Juhn YJ, Miranda WR, Connolly HM, Madhavan M, Burchill LJ. Sociodemographic and Clinical Predictors of Mortality in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Apr 07; 15(7):e045411.
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Gupta N, Toumazos K, Walker J, Cranford W, Feygin Y, Zack J, Strup SE, Hensley A, Kieran K, Cost NG, Sorge C, Hensley P, McLouth C, Buchanan AF. Survivorship After Kidney Cancer in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults-What Is Causing Death and When? Urology. 2026 May; 211:77-83.
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Anigbogu C, Cotton JL, Su Y, Reece TB, Aftab M, Hoffman JR, Cleveland JC, Rove JY. Ten-Year All-Cause Mortality Following CABG: A Sex-Stratified Analysis of Revascularization. Am J Cardiol. 2026 May 15; 267:44-50.
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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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Holmberg D, Liljequist Aspelund A, Wani S, Ness-Jensen E, Von Euler-Chelpin M, Kauppila JH, Santoni G, Lagergren J. Survival in post-endoscopy esophageal cancer: a Nordic population-based cohort study. Endoscopy. 2026 Jun; 58(6):588-594.
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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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