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5.9 Proportion of deaths classified to ill-defined causes 187
5.10 Morbidity 187
5.11 Precautions needed when tabulation lists include subtotals 188

5.12 Problems of a small population 188
5.13 ‘Empty cells’ and cells with low frequencies 188

5.14 Recommendations 189

6. History of the development of the ICD 193
6.1 Early history 193

6.2 Adoption of the International list of causes of death 194
6.3 The Fifth Decennial Revision Conference 196
6.4 Previous classifications of diseases for morbidity statistics 198

6.5 United States Committee on Joint Causes of Death 199
6.6 Sixth revision of the International lists of causes of death 200

6.7 The seventh and eighth revisions 202
6.8 The ninth revision 202
6.9 Preparations for the 10th revision 204

7. Annexes 205

7.1 International form of medical certificate of cause of death 205
7.1.1 International form of medical certificate of
cause of death 205
7.1.2 Cause of Death on the Death Certificate In line
with ICD-10 – Quick reference guide 205
7.1.3 Suggested additional detail of perinatal deaths
(stillbirths and liveborn infants dying within 168 hours
[1 week] from birth) 210
7.2 List of conditions to be considered direct consequences
of medical procedures 211

7.3 List of ill-defined conditions 215
7.4 List of conditions unlikely to cause death 215
7.5 Causes of HIV 220

7.6 List of conditions that can cause diabetes 220
7.7 Priority ranking of ICD-10 nature-of-injury codes 222

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