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criminal violence or neglect
all accidents
all suicides
chemical or drug-related
sudden death in a person in apparent good health
deaths of prisoners
death during procedures
employment related deaths
any suspicious death
cause of death=disease or injury which initiated the lethal sequence of events
mechanism of death=altered physiology or biochemistry which resulted in death. e.g. chf, arrhythmia, asphyxia, sepsis, exsanguination, renal failure, hepatic failure.
manner of death=violent or natural. if death results from a violent event, even forty years ago, then it is still not a natural death
Underlying (or Contributory) Cause = The condition present before and leading to the intermediate or immediate cause of death.| Example 1 | Example 2 | Example 3 | Example 4 | |
| Line A | Acute Myocardial Infarction | Acute Exacerbation of Obstructive Airway Disease | Pulmonary Embolism | Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia |
| Line B | Coronary Artery Disease | Chronic Bronchitis | Deep Venous Thrombosis | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
| Line C | Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease | Metastatic Non- Small Cell Lung Cancer | Human Immunodeficiency Virus | |
| Mechanism of death | Cardiac Arrest | Respiratory Arrest | Respiratory Arrest | Septic Shock |
| Other Significant Conditions | Diabetes | Smoking | Stroke, Hemiparesis |
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