title: New approaches for epidemiologic studies of mortality statistics.
abstract: Finding and analyzing multiple causes of death-rather than single causes-has major epidemiologic advantages. Besides helping to reveal the magnitude of the causes or morbid conditions leading to death, it also demonstrates that deaths are usually the result of several simultaneous or sequential causes. This article reviews ways that multiple cause of death data have been analyzed in order to improve our knowledge of these causes and other relevant health factors.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Puffer
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality