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| Definition: |
The underlying cause of death refers to the disease or injury that initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death or the circumstances of the accident or violence that produced the injury.
The underlying cause of death is the one to be adopted as the cause for tabulation of mortality statistics.
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Handbook of Vital Statistics Systems and Methods, Volume 1: Legal, Organisational and Technical Aspects, United Nations Studies in Methods, Glossary, Series F, No. 35, United Nations, New York 1991.
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Theme: Demographic and population statistics |
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on Tuesday, September 25, 2001 |
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updated on Wednesday, January 4, 2006 |
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