Cause of death (code) | Definition | ICD-10 | WHO VA 2016 [2] |
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Suicide/homicide (S/H) | Officially documented (recorded at the village office) suicide/homicide | X71-X83 | VA-11.10 |
Bite/sting/food poisoning (B/S) | Observed or self-reported bite by venomous animals, bite by insects, or poisoned food | A05.9 T62-T63 | VA-11.06 |
Traffic accident (TA) | Documented/observed traffic accident | V00-V99 | VA-11.01 VA-11.02 |
Other injury (OI) | Injury other than the above | S00-T06 T08-T35 T51-T88 | VA-11.03–05 VA-11.07–08 |
Myocardial infarction (MI) | Strong sudden chest pain within 24 h before death | I21 | VA-04.02 |
Arachnoid hemorrhage (AH) | Strong sudden headache within 24 h before death | I60 | VA-04.03 |
Other sudden death (OS) | Sudden death other than the above | ||
Stroke (ST) | Death within a year after the onset of palsy | I61-I69 | VA-04.03 |
Tumor (TU) | Documented or observed tumors in the last month before the death | ||
Bloody diarrhea disease (BD) | Severe bloody diarrhea in the last week before the death | A09 | VA-01.01 |
Non-bloody diarrhea disease (ND) | Severe diarrhea in the last week before the death | A04 | VA-01.01 |
Pneumonia (PN) | Cough with sputum, dyspnea and high fever | J09-J18 | VA-01.13 |
Asthma (AS) | Difficulty of breathing (inspiration or expiration) and wheezing | J45 | VA-05.02 |
Other respiratory disease (OR) | Cough, sputum, dyspnea but not pneumonia or asthma | ||
Tetanus (TE) | Jaw cramping (trismus) 7–10 days after having a wound on the body | A35 | VA-01.04 |
Meningitis (ME) | High fever, stiff neck (discomfort or pain when trying to turn, move, or flex the neck), and vomiting | G00-G03 | VA-01.11 |
Live failure (LF) | Yellow skin, yellow eyes, dark urine, and itchiness in the last week before the death | R17 | |
Heart/renal failure (H/R) | Dyspnea when exercise or lying down with edema in the face, legs, ankles, or feet | I50,N17-N19 | VA-04.05, VA-07.01 |
Other heart disease (OH) | Dyspnea when exercise or lying down without edema | ||
Senility (SE) | Death without any symptom and age of 70 years old or older | R41.81 | |
Other disease (OD) | Death from disease other than the above |