The condition(s) that caused or contributed to the death of the organism. For Humans, the U.S. Standard Certificate of Death (Rev 11/2003) requires the entry of "the chain of events-diseases, injuries, or complications-that directly caused the death", beginning with the "immediate cause (final disease or condition resulting in death)" and ending with the "underlying cause (disease or injury that initiated the events resulting in death)." Note the CDC Center for Vital Statistics is required to report this information to the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO requires that this data be reported using ICD-10 codes. For Non-humans, the coding system to be used for non-humans has not been determined at this time. Added 11/23/2010 for Problem List.

Attributes
«CS» Code	causeOfDeath	[US Standard Certificate Of Death Field 32]. A condition that caused or contributed to the death of the organism.
Integer	precedence	Causal order of the cause of death entries, i.e., primary, secondary, etc.
«PQ» TimeQuantity	timeInterval	[US Standard Certificate Of Death Field 32]. The approximate interval between onset of the identified condition and death.

 causeOfDeath

Public «CS» Code causeOfDeath

[US Standard Certificate Of Death Field 32]. A condition that caused or contributed to the death of the organism.

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	CauseOfDeath
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords
Lower	1
Lower Value	(1)
Multiplicity	1
Name	causeOfDeath
Name Expression
Namespace	CauseOfDeath
Opposite
Owner	CauseOfDeath
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::Person::CauseOfDeath::causeOfDeath
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«CS» Code
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

 precedence

Public Integer precedence

Causal order of the cause of death entries, i.e., primary, secondary, etc.

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	CauseOfDeath
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords
Lower	1
Lower Value	(1)
Multiplicity	1
Name	precedence
Name Expression
Namespace	CauseOfDeath
Opposite
Owner	CauseOfDeath
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::Person::CauseOfDeath::precedence
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	Integer
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

 timeInterval

Public «PQ» TimeQuantity timeInterval

[US Standard Certificate Of Death Field 32]. The approximate interval between onset of the identified condition and death.

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	CauseOfDeath
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords
Lower	1
Lower Value	(1)
Multiplicity	1
Name	timeInterval
Name Expression
Namespace	CauseOfDeath
Opposite
Owner	CauseOfDeath
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::Person::CauseOfDeath::timeInterval
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«PQ» TimeQuantity
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public