Cause of death, meaning the underlying cause of death, is (a) the disease or disorder that initiates the causal chain of diseases or disorders leading directly to death (natural cause of death); (b) the circumstances of the accident or violence causing the injury that initiated the causal chain of morbid events leading directly to death (external cause of death). The causes of death are coded according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health (ICD10, 10th revision) of the World Health Organization (WHO).
The main classification of causes of death in the End-of-life Survey differs from the classification used in other CBS datasets on causes of death. For example, the ELD survey classifies dementia under other causes of death while cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and Parkinson’s fall under diseases of the nervous system.
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