OBJECTIVE to characterize the differences in the clinical and epidemiological profile of cases of death that had tuberculosis as an immediate or associated cause, and to analyze the spatial distribution of the cases of death from tuberculosis within the territories of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. METHOD an ecological study, in which the population consisted of 114 cases of death from tuberculosis....

Severe leptospirosis with pulmonary hemorrhage is emerging globally. Measures to control leptospirosis through sanitation depend on accurate case finding and reporting. Rapid death certificate reporting, plus necropsy of persons who died of leptospirosis, facilitates public health intervention and could provide an important tool in assessing the global burden of leptospirosis.

Mortality statistics have been available in Great Britain since 1839, but many have drawn attention to inaccuracies which lessen their usefulness (Farr, 1839; Stocks, 1935; Registrar General, 1954). Studies of the accuracy of death certificates have been carried out in three main ways: (1) By comparison with autopsy findings (Jackson, 1896; Cabot, 1912; Swartout, 1934; Heasman, 1962); (2) The e...

INTRODUCTION The accuracy of death certificates is essential for public health prevention and research in the State of Louisiana. This article analyzes the accuracy of cause of death stated on Louisiana death certificates. METHODS Discharge diagnoses from 2007 Louisiana Hospital Inpatient Discharge Diagnosis (LAHIDD) data were compared with the diagnoses in the cause of death section in the c...

AIDS has joined suicide as a barrier to the accurate certification of death as required by law in Great Britain and the U.S. Despite acknowledging the importance of accurate records for medical, epidemiological, and insurance purposes, and because registers of death are public records, sympathetic physicians may substitute other causes of death or omit stating the underlying diagnosis of HIV i...

BACKGROUND Birth registration, and the possession of a birth certificate as proof of registration, has long been recognized as a fundamental human right. Data from a functioning civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system allows governments to benefit from accurate and universal data on birth and death rates. However, access to birth certificates remains challenging and unequal in man...