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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

From: Causes of death in Tonga: quality of certification and implications for statistics

 

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

  1. †Determined according to ICD principles [10], excluding potential impact of contributory causes in the causal sequence
  2. Single causes from the ICD list 1 are recorded in italics, disease groups are shown in plain text.
  3. 1-001-1025 Infectious and parasitic diseases (other than septicemia and viral hepatitis)
  4. 1-012 Septicemia
  5. 1-019 Viral hepatitis
  6. 1-026 Neoplasms
  7. 1-052 Diabetes
  8. 1-059 Meningitis
  9. 1-064 - 1071 Diseases of the circulatory system (excluding rheumatic, ischemic, and cerebrovascular heart disease)
  10. 1-065 Rheumatic heart diseases
  11. 1-067 Ischemic heart disease
  12. 1-069 Cerebrovascular heart disease
  13. 1-072 Diseases of the respiratory system
  14. 1-080 Diseases of the liver
  15. 1-084 Diseases of the genitourinary system
  16. 1-087 Pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium
  17. 1-092 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  18. 1-093 Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities
  19. 1-094 Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified
  20. 1-095 Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes
  21. Other All other causes
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