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Portal to Geni Projects dedicated to "cause of death."
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Definition
In law, medicine, and statistics, the cause of death is the condition or conditions officially determined to have resulted in a human's death. In modern times, such a determination usually is essential data on a governmental death certificate.
projects
Cause of death was:
Natural
- Acromegaly (1 profile)
- Addictions - General Info
- Alcoholism (aka Alcohol poisoning) (1 profile as of 4/1/17)
- Delirium Tremens (21 profiles as of 4/1/17)
- Alcoholism (aka Alcohol poisoning) (1 profile as of 4/1/17)
- [Age @ Death] (Cause may not be listed; see project intros)
- (<37wks) - Premature Baby Deaths
- (0/birth-2y/o) - Infant Deaths
- (2y/o -18y/o) - Pediatric Deaths (517 profiles)
- (18-30 y/o) - Young Adult (Cause Unknown)
- (Over 65) - Old Age (Natural Causes) (46 profiles)
- Anemia (1 profile)
- Animal transmitted disease
- Anthrax
- Glanders
- Lyme Disease (1 profile)
- Rabies (1 profile)
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
- Blood poisoning (sepsis) (3 profiles)
- The Cancers
- Adenocarcinoma
- Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma)
- Bladder Cancer (3 profiles as of 4/5/17)
- Bone Cancer (4 profiles)
- Brain Cancer (or tumor) (20 profiles)
- Breast Cancer (25 profiles)
- Carcinomatosis
- Cervical Cancer (6 profiles)
- Head and Neck Cancers (9 profiles)
- Esophageal Cancer (17 profiles)
- Jaw Cancer
- Nasal & Paranasal sinus Cancer
- Throat Cancer (10 profiles)
- Intestinal Cancer
- Kidney Cancer (4 profiles)
- Leukemia (23 profiles)
- Liver Cancer (18 profiles)
- Lung Cancer (49 profiles)
- Lymphoma (15 profiles)
- Melanoma (Skin cancer) (5 profiles)
- Skin Cancer/Melanoma (4 profiles)
- Mesothelioma
- Peritoneal Mesothelioma (2 profiles)
- Multiple Myeloma
- Cancer NOS (not otherwise specified) (32 profiles)
- Ovarian Cancer (187 profiles)
- Pancreatic Cancer (34 profiles)
- Prostate Cancer (17 profiles
- Sarcoma
- Liposarcoma
- Synovial Sarcoma (1 profile)
- Spinal Cancer
- Stomach Cancer (31 profiles)
- Testicular Cancer
- Thymus Cancer (1 profile)
- Uterine Cancer (9 profiles)
- Cardiac (Heart) & Vascular Health Issues
- Aneurysms (4 profiles)
- Apoplexy
- Arteriosclerosis/Atherosclerosis (64 profiles)
- Died of a Broken Heart (4 profiles)
- Cardiac Arrest (16 profiles)
- Carditis
- Endocardistis (3 profiles)
- Myocarditis (28 profiles)
- Cardiomyopathy (1 profile)
- Cardiac arrhythmia (1 profile)
- Congenital Heart Disease / Defect
- Coronary Artery (Heart) Disease / Angina (24 profiles)
- Coronary Thrombosis / Occlusion (23 profiles)
- DVT (Deep vein thrombosis)
- Embolism
- Heart Attack (277 profiles)
- Heart Failure (139 profiles)
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Rheumatic Heart Disease / fever
- Vasculitis
- Cerebral (Brain) Hemorrhage (6 profiles)
- Diabetes (99 profiles)
- Digestive Disorders
- Appendicitis (15 profiles)
- Colitis
- Diarrhea (20 profiles)
- Enteritis
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Gastritis
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Malnutrition
- Pancreatitis
- Perforated Ulcer (Upper GI)
- Dropsy (Edema) (20 profiles)
- Epilepsy (2 profiles)
- Fever (high fever NOS) (9 profiles)
- Gangrene (6 profiles)
- Heat related illnesses
- Heat Stroke (6 profiles)
- Hemophilia (18 profiles as of 2/5/19)
- Hemorrhage (Bled to death)
- Hemorrhagic Fever
- Hernia, Strangulated (5 profiles)
- Hypothermia / Exposure to Cold (1 profile)
- Infectious Diseases - General Info
- Glossary of Related Infectious Disease Terms
- Antibiotic/Antimicrobial Resistant Infection
- Anthrax
- Bacillus Aerogenes Capsulatus
- Carbuncle
- Epidemics
- Bubonic plague
- The Black Death (616 profiles)
- Chickenpox (2 profiles)
- Cholera (28 profiles)
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019)
- Diphtheria (14 profiles)
- Dysentery (22 profiles)
- Erysipelas (4 profiles)
- Hepatitis (9 profiles)
- HIV/AIDS (111 profiles as of 5/7/17)
- Influenza (Flu) (Epidemic & Non-epidemic) (30 profiles)
- Malaria (17 profiles)
- Measles (28 profiles)
- Polio (4 profiles)
- Scarlet Fever (15 profiles)
- Smallpox (51 profiles)
- Sweating sickness
- Tuberculosis (325 profiles)
- Typhoid (193 profiles)
- Typhus (8 profiles)
- Yellow Fever (61 profiles)
- Bubonic plague
- Leprosy (3 profiles)
- Necrotizing fasciitis or flesh-eating disease
- Peritonitis
- Pneumonia (274 profiles)
- Staph (Staphylococcus) infections
- Syphilis
- Tetanus
- Tropical diseases & infections
- Whooping cough / Pertussis (6 profiles)
- Lymphatic Diseases
- Maternal death (death in childbirth) (207 profiles as of 5/7/17)
- Memory Disorders
- Alzheimer's Disease (41 profiles)
- Dementia
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Natural causes (no other cause listed on death certificate)
- Neurological Disorders/Diseases
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (Lou Gehrig's disease - 167 profiles as of 5/10/17)
- Apoplexy
- Brain / Cerebral Abscess
- Cerebral Congestion
- Convulsions
- Encephalitis
- Encephalopathy
- Epilepsy
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Meningitis
- Microcephaly
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke (Cerebral Vascular Accident or CVA) (3 profiles)
- Tay-Sachs disease
- Obesity
- Organ failure
- Otitis Media
- Gallbladder disorders
- Heart failure
- Liver failure
- Cirrhosis (17 profiles)
- Portal Hypertension
- Renal failure
- Respiratory Failure (11 profiles as of 4/9/17)
- Respiratory Conditions
- Acidosis
- Asthma (5 profiles)
- Black Lung Disease
- Bronchitis (14 profiles)
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (27 profiles)
- Emphysema (7 profiles)
- Cystic Fibrosis (1 profile)
- Diaphragm Paralysis
- Miners Pthisis-Silicosis (1 profile as of 4/9/17)
- Pleurisy
- Pulmonary Edema (2 profiles as of 4/9/17)
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Rheumatism
- Scurvy
- Sepsis
- Starvation
- Sudden Death / Dropped dead
- Thrombocytopenia
Non natural
- Accidental
- Bicycle Accident
- Car accident (376 profiles)
- Choked to Death
- Combined drug intoxication (Accidental) (3 profiles)
- Died from burns (27 profiles)
- Died in a fire (42 profiles)
- Diving Deaths
- Drowning (39 profiles)
- Electrocution (accidental)
- Falling
- Falling object (32 profiles)
- Gunshot, Accidental
- Killed by an animal (12 profiles)
- Horse accident (77 profiles)
- Killed on the job (35 profiles)
- Lightning strike / Struck by lightning (16 profiles)
- Machinery
- medical error
- misadventure
- Mining Accident
- Motorcycle Accident
- Mountain climbing accident
- Plane crash
- Poisonings (include non-accidental)
- Skiing
- Snakebite
- Stampede
- Surgical Complications (17 profiles)
- Train accident (63 profiles)
- Unusual deaths
- Asphyxiation (suffocation)
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Civilian bombing casualties
- Drug Overdose
- Explosion & Blast Injuries & Deaths
- Bath School Bombing 1927, Michigan
- New London School Explosion 1937, Texas
- Saluda Steamboat Explosion 1852, Missouri River
- 9/11 Memorial 2001, New York City
- Homicide
- Assassinated (36 profiles)
- Family killing family (60 Profiles)
- Killed by a Mob (10 profiles)
- Lynched
- Lynchings in Kentucky (2 profiles)
- Killed in a Mass Shooting
- Shot
- Stabbed (19 profiles)
- Strangled (1 profile)
- South Africa - Farm Attack Victims
- South Africa - Home Invasion Victims
- Suicide (269 profiles)
- Assisted (euthanasia)
- Natural Disasters
- Mass murder by a state
- Capital punishment (execution)
- Executioners
- Beheaded (238 profiles)
- Burned at the stake
- Breaking wheel (Catherine wheel)
- Crushed by an elephant
- Electric Chair
- Flagellation (beaten, flogged)
- Hanged, Drawn, and Quartered
- Hanged
- Hangings in Kentucky (18 profiles)
- Hanged in Colonial America
- Firing Squad
- Lethal injection
- Stoning
- Combat (war)
- Duel
- War Fatalities
- Civilian War Casualties
- Died from War Wounds
- Died/Killed in War by Disease
- Killed in Action (KIA)
- Moccasin Rngers Murders
- Missing in Action (MIA) (presumed deceased)
- Died as Prisoner of War (POW)
- Shot at Dawn (3 profiles)
statistics
From CDC/National Center for Health Statistics - Leading Causes of Death Page last updated: August 21, 2015
- Heart disease: 611,105
- Cancer: 584,881
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 149,205
- Accidents (unintentional injuries): 130,557
- Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,978
- Alzheimer's disease: 84,767
- Diabetes: 75,578
- Influenza and Pneumonia: 56,979
- Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 47,112
- Intentional self-harm (suicide): 41,149
resources
- Archaic medical terms
- Causes of death, 1900 vs 2010, USA
- Genealogy Quest » Glossary of Terms » Medical Terminology
- Old Names for Illnesses and Causes of Death
- World Health Statistics 2012
- Lists of people by cause of death
- List of causes of death by rate
- Geni blog: unusual deaths
- Dimick, Chris. "Mortality Coding Marks 10 Years of ICD-10" Journal of AHIMA 80, no.7 (July 2009):30-33.
- Translation of “Cause of Death” Field in the Łódź Ghetto Hospital Death Records
- German Illness Translations
- Czech-German-English Death causes dictionary
- Handbook on Medical Certification of Death
- Old Time Illness
- 7 Inventors Killed by their Inventions
- Old Diseases Frequently Found on Death Certificates