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- Title
Release of Civil Registry Causes of Death Data in Iran (2015 to 2019) - Expectations and Doubts!
- Authors
Tadbiri, Hooman; Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar; Naghavi, Mohsen
- Abstract
Background: The National Organization for Civil Registration (NOCR) of Iran has reported causes of death data by ICD-10 chapters for the first time in 2020. Methods: We used this report to review the share of ICD chapters among all deaths in each province and compare them with the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. Results: There are major changes in the distribution of causes of death between 2017 and 2018, especially in D50-D89 (Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism) from 0.76% to 38.94%, and I00-I99 (Diseases of the circulatory system) from 39.27% to 7.09%. Such dramatic changes are probably the results of changes in coding practices or definitions or issues in analysis. Conclusion: Causes of death reports should be timely, clear, and robust on methods. They should contain a minimum level of details, at least 3-digit ICD codes to be useful for public health and medical professionals.
- Subjects
IRAN; CAUSES of death; NOSOLOGY; REPORT writing; VITAL statistics; COMPARATIVE studies; MEDICAL coding
- Publication
Archives of Iranian Medicine (AIM), 2021, Vol 24, Issue 10, p741
- ISSN
1029-2977
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.34172/aim.2021.109