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cause of death

specific disease or injury resulting in a human's death, which may be recorded on a death certificate
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cause of death

Summary

cause of death has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • cause of death is a type of cause[2].
  • cause of death's Commons category is recorded as Deaths by cause[3].
  • cause of death's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Causes of death[4].
  • cause of death's has effect is recorded as death[5].
  • cause of death's main Wikidata property is recorded as P509[6].
  • cause of death's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C81239[7].
  • cause of death's different from is recorded as manner of death[8].
  • cause of death's studied by is recorded as cause of death statistics[9].

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Definition and Type

cause of death is a type of cause[2].

Why It Matters

cause of death has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · Eva L Vedin · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0211081-priciny-umrti
    National historical museums of sweden id → term/e6fe71c8-01dd-4ace-b68a-a7e4f11a60ec
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P9495]]: term/e6fe71c8-01dd-4ace-b68a-a7e4f11a60ec"
  2. 7w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → cause
    Has effect → death
    Main wikidata property → P509
    Topic's main category → Category:Causes of death
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3964, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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