Mortality Statistics: Deaths Registered in 2009

Introduction Page<BR>Tables in this publication <BR>Data analysed in this publication  <BR>Associated publications and the National Statistics website <BR>Historic data and figures for UK countries<BR>Other ONS annual volumes<BR>Population Trends and Health Statistics Quarterly publications<BR>Notes and definitions<BR>Base populations <BR>Occurrences and registrations<BR>Outputs review<BR>Areal coverage <BR>Usual residence of deceased, and place of occurrence <BR>Usual residence of deceased<BR>Place of occurrence<BR>Deaths in hospices<BR>Stillbirths <BR>Infant deaths <BR>Death rates, ratios and standardisation <BR>Standardised mortality ratios <BR>Years of life lost <BR>Certification of cause of death <BR>Referral to the coroner<BR>Coroners' inquests<BR>Legally uncertified deaths<BR>Registration of deaths by declaration<BR>Coding the underlying cause of death <BR>Selection and modification rules<BR>Note on coding of acute rheumatic fever<BR>Causes of death listed in this publication <BR>ONS short list<BR>Two codes for certain conditions xxi<BR>The 'dagger and asterisk' system<BR>Secondary causes<BR>Final cause of death <BR>Accelerated registrations <BR>Assault and intentional self-harm <BR>Numbers of deaths from assault (homicide)<BR>Numbers of deaths from intentional self-harm (suicide)<BR>Neonatal deaths <BR>Further information <BR>Contents<BR>Background to mortality data Page<BR>Redevelopment of mortality statistics xxiv<BR>Registration practice<BR>The deathsdatabases<BR>Automated cause coding<BR>Use of WHO Rule 3 <BR>ICD-9<BR>ICD-10 implementation<BR>Using cause of death data from 1993 to 2000 <BR>Legislation <BR>Historical changes in mortality data <BR>Quality of mortality data<BR>Completing medical certificates of cause of death <BR>Registration of the death <BR>Entry of data into Registration Service Software (RSS) <BR>Other checks made by the Registration Service <BR>At the time of registration<BR>By superintendent Registrars and Inspectors of Registration<BR>Receipt of death registration data at ONS Titchfield <BR>Validation processes <BR>Routine checks in Titchfield <BR>Automated Cause Coding System (ACCS) <BR>Checks before and after extraction of data for analysis <BR>Checks on routine outputs <BR>Text tables<BR>A Presentation of main tables by age <BR>B Deaths at ages 110 and over, 2005–09<BR>C Deaths of non-residents, 2003–09<BR>D Distribution of the European Standard Population <BR>E Deaths by method of certification and registration, 2004–09<BR>F ONS short list of cause of death codes, using ICD-10 <BR>Figure A Certification and registration of deaths registered in 2009<BR>References <BR>Glossary