Table 5. List of major UCODs misclassified on death certificates.
| UCOD specified with the death certificate |
UCOD specified with clinical and autopsy records | |||||||||
| Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (n = 10) | Diseases of the digestive system (3) | Diseases of the respiratory system other than pneumonia (2) |
Cancer (2) | Pneumonia (1) | Diseases of the genitourinary system (1) | Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (1) | ||||
| Malignant neoplasms (n = 10) | Heart disease (3) | Diseases of the genitourinary system (2) |
Non-malignant neoplasms (1) | Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (1) | Diseases of the circulatory system other than aortic aneurysm and dissection (1) | Pneumonia (1) | Diseases of the respiratory system other than pneumonia (1) | |||
| Stomach (n = 1) | Pneumonia (1) | |||||||||
| Trachea, bronchus, and lung (n = 2) | Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (1) | Heart disease (1) | ||||||||
| Malignant lymphoma (n = 1) | other cancer (1) | |||||||||
| Leukemia (n = 3) | other cancer (1) | Non-malignant neoplasms (1) | Diseases of the genitourinary system (1) | |||||||
| Diseases of the circulatory system (n = 13) | Diseases of the digestive system (4) | Cancer (3) | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (2) | Pneumonia (2) | Diseases of the respiratory system other than pneumonia (2) | unknown (2) | Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (1) | Diabetes mellitus (1) |
Diseases of the genitourinary system (1) |
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| Heart disease (n = 13) | Diseases of the circulatory system other than heart disease (4) | Diseases of the digestive system (3) | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (1) | Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (1) | Diabetes mellitus (1) | Pneumonia (1) | Diseases of the genitourinary system (1) |
unknown (1) | ||
| Diseases of the respiratory system (n = 51) | Cancer (17) | Heart disease (11) | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (6) | Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases other than diabetes (4) | Diseases of the nervous system (4) | Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (3) | Non-malignant neoplasms (2) | unknown (2) | Cerebrovascular diseases (1) | Diseases of the genitourinary system (1) |
| Pneumonia (n = 47) | Diseases of the respiratory system other than pneumonia (10) | Cancer (9) | Heart disease (9) | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (4) | Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases other than diabetes (4) | Diseases of the nervous system (4) | Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (2) | Cerebrovascular diseases (1) | Diseases of the genitourinary system (1) | unknown (1) |
| Diseases of the digestive system (n = 17) | cancer (5) | Heart disease (4) | Non-malignant neoplasms (2) | Pneumonia (2) | Diseases of the genitourinary system (2) | Diseases of the respiratory system other than pneumonia (1) | unknown (1) | |||
UCOD, underlying cause of death.