Table 2

Comparison of underlying cause of death from the medical certificate of death† and from the medical record review: ICD 103 cause list (selected causes), Tongatapu, 2008

Underlying cause of death from medical record review

Underlying cause of death from medical certificate

1-001- 1-025*

1-012

1-019

1-026

1-052

1-064- 1-071

1-067

1-069

1-072

1-080

1-082

1-083

1-084

1-092

1-093

1-095

Other

Unknown

Total

1-001 - 1-025*

5

1

1

7

1-012

1

1

1

3

1-019

2

3

2

1

8

1-026

1

15

1

2

1

1

1

2

4

23

50

1-052

1

1

10

1

1

8

1

1

3

1

1

14

43

1-059

1

1

1

1

4

1-064 - 1-071+

2

4

4

1

1

2

18

32

1-065

1

1

2

1-067

1

1

6

1

1

10

20

1-069

1

1

6

1

3

12

1-072

2

1

1

5

10

19

1-080

1

1

2

1-082

4

1

5

1-084

1

1

4

6

1-087

1

1

1-092

1

11

1

1

14

1-093

3

3

1-094

1

1

3

5

1-095

1

1

11

6

19

Other

2

1

1

9

2

16

Unknown

1

3

1

7

3

8

23

Total

12

10

4

20

11

7

11

17

17

4

9

2

4

19

8

17

18

104

294

†Determined according to ICD principles [10], excluding potential impact of contributory causes in the causal sequence

Single causes from the ICD list 1 are recorded in italics, disease groups are shown in plain text.

1-001-1025 Infectious and parasitic diseases (other than septicemia and viral hepatitis)

1-012 Septicemia

1-019 Viral hepatitis

1-026 Neoplasms

1-052 Diabetes

1-059 Meningitis

1-064 - 1071 Diseases of the circulatory system (excluding rheumatic, ischemic, and cerebrovascular heart disease)

1-065 Rheumatic heart diseases

1-067 Ischemic heart disease

1-069 Cerebrovascular heart disease

1-072 Diseases of the respiratory system

1-080 Diseases of the liver

1-084 Diseases of the genitourinary system

1-087 Pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium

1-092 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

1-093 Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities

1-094 Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified

1-095 Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes

Other All other causes

Carter et al. Population Health Metrics 2012 10:4   doi:10.1186/1478-7954-10-4

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