Figure 2.
Causal chain of death encoded as a 3D tensor. Each node represents an ICD-10 code as a 7404-dimensional dummy variable. Its row and column positions respectively denote the corresponding code’s line and rank in the corresponding certificate. Ci,j: denotes the jth code at the ith line in the death certificate; ICD-10: 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.