title: Communicable disease mortality: now you see it, now you don't.
abstract: This presentation proposes that cause-specific mortality analyses are greatly enhanced by first examining the cause-specific pattern of the entire mortality structure instead of restricting initial assessments to a limited number of leading causes of death. Six broad cause groups are defined toward this end. The advantage of defining a single category for communicable diseases, both for the structural and the leading-cause approach is also pointed out. Some examples illustrate the potential usefulness of this approach to the study of the cause-specific mortality structure: a few broad all-inclusive cause-groups provide a first rough--but nevertheless quite informative--overview of the mortality profile, while at the same time offering guidance in regard to groups which should be looked into in greater detail.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Plaut
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Silvi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged