 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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| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1997 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2000 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2004 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2005 | 3 | 7 | 10 | | 2006 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 2007 | 4 | 5 | 9 | | 2008 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 2009 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2010 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 2011 | 4 | 8 | 12 | | 2012 | 5 | 14 | 19 | | 2013 | 7 | 6 | 13 | | 2014 | 2 | 12 | 14 | | 2015 | 2 | 13 | 15 | | 2016 | 5 | 17 | 22 | | 2017 | 5 | 20 | 25 | | 2018 | 10 | 19 | 29 | | 2019 | 2 | 12 | 14 | | 2020 | 2 | 7 | 9 | | 2021 | 2 | 13 | 15 | | 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2023 | 0 | 10 | 10 | | 2024 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cause of Death" by people in Profiles.
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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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Berge J, Nordgaard J, Lindstrom S. Excess mortality and suicide risk in treatment-seeking individuals with schizotypal disorder: A population-based study using Swedish national registers. Psychiatry Res. 2024 Dec; 342:116223.
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Fowler X, Mehta K, Eid M, Gladders B, Kearing S, Moore KO, Creager MA, Austin AM, Feinberg MW, Bonaca MP, Greenland P, McDermott MM, Goodney PP. Trends in patient characteristics and mortality among Medicare patients diagnosed with peripheral artery disease. Vasc Med. 2024 12; 29(6):653-663.
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Kafka JM, Adhia A, Martin DD, Mustafa A, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Rivara FP. Deaths Related to Domestic Violence in Washington State. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 09 03; 7(9):e2429974.
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Leroux A, Cui E, Smirnova E, Muschelli J, Schrack JA, Crainiceanu CM. NHANES 2011-2014: Objective Physical Activity Is the Strongest Predictor of All-Cause Mortality. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2024 Oct 01; 56(10):1926-1934.
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Houle B, Kabudula C, Mojola SA, Angotti N, G?mez-Oliv? FX, Gareta D, Herbst K, Clark SJ, Menken J, Canudas-Romo V. Mortality variability and differentials by age and causes of death in rural South Africa, 1994-2018. BMJ Glob Health. 2024 Apr 08; 9(4).
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Kafka JM, Moracco KE, Pence BW, Trangenstein PJ, Fliss MD, McNaughton Reyes L. Intimate partner violence and suicide mortality: a cross-sectional study using machine learning and natural language processing of suicide data from 43 states. Inj Prev. 2024 03 20; 30(2):125-131.
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Tran W, Thomas MB, Garofalo D, Patten M, Graham R, Estrella J, Dickinson K, Carmichael H, Velopulos CG, Myers QWO. The Characterization of Violent Deaths Among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. J Surg Res. 2024 May; 297:109-120.
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Lind KT, Molina E, Mellies A, Schneider KW, Daley W, Green AL. Early death from childhood cancer: First medical record-level analysis reveals insights on diagnostic timing and cause of death. Cancer Med. 2023 10; 12(19):20201-20211.
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