Table 1 Summary of definitions

Manner of death

medical-legal: term listed on a death certificate

5 categories: natural, accident, homicide, suicide, undetermined intent

Cause of injury

mechanism by which decedent sustained (fatal) injury

brief description

Cause of death, by immediate cause

biological: “final disease or condition resulting in death”

2 categories: listed or could not be determined

Cause of death, by underlying code

biological: “disease or injury that initiated the events resulting in death”

International Classification of Disease, tenth edition (ICD-10) codes