Concept information
Preferred term
cause of death
Definition
- the injury or disease directly responsible for an individual's death. There can be a primary cause of death, such as a gunshot wound, and a related secondary cause of death, such as massive brain injury. [Source: The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice; Cause of Death]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- accidental death
- alcohol and death
- autoerotic asphyxia
- cancer
- contemporary causes of death
- cult deaths
- drug use and abuse
- dueling
- food poisoning and contamination
- historical perspectives on causes of death
- karoshi
- line of duty death
- man-made disasters
- medical mistakes
- miscarriage and stillbirth
- neonatal deaths
- prison deaths
- road deaths
- spontaneous combustion
- subintentional death
- sudden death
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/cause_of_death
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