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UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH
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Descriptor
English
:
Underlying Cause of Death
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Causa Básica de Muerte
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Causa Básica de Morte
Tree Number:
SP5.006.052.168.154.090.011
Definition
English
:
The
underlying cause of death
is the
disease
or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to
death
, or the circumstances of the accident or
violence
which produced the fatal injury. (ICD-10, vol.2, 2004)
Record Number:
28394
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