Death causes

One of you requested a post about some of the death causes we've collected in our data. CSL was kind enough to generate a list of the most common causes of death and find images for each of them.

First some general rules about inputting death causes.

• Spell the words correctly even if they are spelled wrong on the document.
• Do not use a dash (-) to separate multiple causes of death.
• To separate multiple causes of death use a slash (/), semi-colon (;), or the word AND.
• If you are not sure what it says, please ask.
• Do not write nonsense words.

Here are some of the more common death causes. These will be input in the fields "Primary Cause of Death" and "Contributory Cause of Death."

The primary cause of death is APOPLEXY and the contributory cause is ARTERIOSCLEROSIS. There is no need to have a space between arterio and sclerosis.

The primary cause of death is ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE. The contributory causes are ARTERIOSCLEROSIS GENERAL/PARALYSIS AGITANS.

The cause of death is CARCINOMA STOMACH.

The causes of death are CANCER UTERINE and METASTASIS. Note that you should not enter the dash (-) between cancer and uterine. Metastasis is often hard to read, but it will be related to cancer and will usually look like the letter M followed by what might or might not look like a bunch of letters.

The cause of death is CARCINOMA OF STOMACH. It is fine to leave in the word "of."

VALVULAR DISEASE OF HEART is a common cause of death. Valvular is often spelled incorrectly. The contributory cause is ANEMIA.

This cause of death should be entered as follows HEART DISEASE/AORTIC STENOSIS. The contributory causes are ARTERIOSCLEROSIS and NEPHRITIS.

The cause of death is CEREBRAL HAEMORRHAGE. It is correct to type haemorrhage or hemorrhage.

The cause of death is HEMORRHAGE CEREBRAL, and the contributory cause is ARTERIOSCLEROSIS. Note that arteriosclerosis appears frequently, but is often spelled creatively or written poorly. Please always spell it correctly. We have seen it input many different ways.

The cause of death is LA GRIPPE, not la triffe. La Grippe means influenza.

Here the contributory cause of death is INFLUENZA.

The contributory cause of death is MYOCARDITIS. We've seen this misspelled more ways than we can count, so please be careful.

The causes of death are PARALYSIS/CHRO MYOCARDITIS. We know the slash (/) goes before chronic, because chronic usually proceeds the word it modifies. If you're not sure, please ask.

The primary cause of death is MYOCARDITIS. The contributory causes are ARTERIOSCLEROSIS/HYPERTENSION/DIABETES.

The cause of death is CHRONIC INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS. I know the second word kind of looks like "intestinal," but that word does not go with nephritis, where as "interstitial" often accompanies it.

The cause of death is CHRONIC PARENCHYMATOUS NEPHRITIS. Nephritis is difficult to read here, as it looks like an "r" where the tail of the "s" runs into the cross of the "t."

The death is causes by BRONCHO PNEUMONIA, and the contributing cause is BRONCHIAL ASTHMA.

This cause of death is LOBAR PNEUMONIA, not tober. Lobar is very difficult to clean, so it's extra important that you spell it correctly. If you see a word that looks something like the above before the word pneumonia, then it will be lobar. The contributory cause is INFLUENZA.

This death cause is HYPOSTATIC PNEUMONIA. The contributory causes are CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT/TRAUMA.

This is PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. There are many types of tuberculosis, but you will most often see the type pulmonary.

 

This reads PHTHISIC TUBERCULOSIS.

A common cause of death is PHTHISIS PULMONALIS. It means pulmonary tuberculosis.

The primary cause of death is CORONARY THROMBOSIS and OCCLUSION. The contributory causes are CORONARY SCLEROSIS/ARTERIOSCLEROSIS.

The cause of death is CORONARY THROMBOSIS, and the contributory cause is ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS.

The primary cause of death is UREMIA FROM URINARY SUPPRESSION. The contributory cause is GANGLIO NECROMA AROUND URINARY BLADDER. Note that suprapubic cystotomy is an operation and does not need to be included.

The cause of death is URAEMIA FROM SEPSIS. It is correct to type uraemia or uremia. The contributory causes are HYDRONEPHROSIS and HYDROURETER.

The causes of death are RETENTION and UREMIA. The contributory cause is CARDIAC HYPERTENSION. Note that you should not include the dash (-) between cardiac and hypertension.