cause-of-death data

Promoting Dignity, Through Data Accuracy, For The Dead

By Paula Braun – All information captured on death certificates – such as race, gender, and marital status – matters. In my previous blog post, I wrote about the importance of the cause-of-death fields; however, every element of the certificate is important. Capturing the information timely and accurately is more than just an administrative requirement with public health benefits.

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How We Die Matters: Improving Cause-of-Death Data

By Paula Braun – It’s a familiar narrative. A crime drama opens with a dead body. Police are on the scene taking testimony from eyewitnesses, if there are any. A detective arrives and unravels the clues. How did this person die? More often than not, the answers aren’t obvious. That’s what makes it interesting.