Figure 2.

The most commonly and “appropriately” reported causes of death and gender of 155 death certificates at King Khalid University Hospital, Saudi Arabia (2008). Inappropriate causes in 255 death certificates (62.2% of all the deaths in 2008) were excluded. Neoplasm (malignant neoplasm of any types), IHD (Ischemic heart disease (heart attacks), NIHD (heart disease not ischaemic (aortic aneurysm, heart failure, etc), LRT (Lower respiratory diseases acute or chronic), strokes, MOF (multiple organ failure), urinary system (diseases of urinary system not including cancers), liver disease (liver disease not including cancer), others (reported causes that are not coded in the above).