Death Certificates MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Death Certificates
Tree Number(s): E05.318.308.940.350; L01.399.250.900.350; N04.452.859.264; N05.715.360.300.715.315; N06.850.520.308.940.350
Unique ID: D003644
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003644
Annotation: IM
Scope Note: Official records of individual deaths including the cause of death certified by a physician, and any other required identifying information.
Entry Term(s): Death Records
NLM Classification #: WA 54
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

Investigative Techniques [E05]
- Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
  - Data Collection [E05.318.308]
    - Records [E05.318.308.940]

Information Science [L01]
- Information Management [L01.399]
  - Data Collection [L01.399.250]
    - Records [L01.399.250.900]

Health Services Administration [N04]
- Organization and Administration [N04.452]
  - Records [N04.452.859]

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
- Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
  - Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
    - Data Collection [N05.715.360.300]
      - Records [N05.715.360.300.715]
        
        Birth Certificates [N05.715.360.300.715.175]
        
        Consent Forms [N05.715.360.300.715.245]
        
        Death Certificates [N05.715.360.300.715.315]
        
        Dental Records [N05.715.360.300.715.330]
        
        Hospital Records [N05.715.360.300.715.380]
        
        Medical Records [N05.715.360.300.715.500]
        
        Nursing Records [N05.715.360.300.715.550]
        
        Registries [N05.715.360.300.715.700]

Environment and Public Health [N06]
- Public Health [N06.850]
  - Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
    - Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]
      - Records [N06.850.520.308.940]
        
        Birth Certificates [N06.850.520.308.940.250]
        
        Death Certificates [N06.850.520.308.940.350]
        
        Dental Records [N06.850.520.308.940.375]
        
        Hospital Records [N06.850.520.308.940.425]
        
        Medical Records [N06.850.520.308.940.968]
        
        Nursing Records [N06.850.520.308.940.984]

Death Certificates Preferred

Death Records Broader

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