J Forensic Sci. 1997 Mar;42(2):265-9.

Death registration: history, methods, and legal issues.

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Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Gerogia, USA.

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This article includes a brief discussion of the evolution death registration as it changed from records of church burial ceremonies to the recording of vital events by government in defined registration areas; today's death registration system in the United States; classification and coding procedures; limitations of data derived from death registration; educational materials; legal issues involving death certificates; and the re-engineering of the death registration process.

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