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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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