death certificate

vital record that documents a death
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death certificate
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death certificate

Summary

death certificate ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,312 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • death certificate is a type of certificate[2].
  • death certificate is a type of vital record[3].
  • death certificate's Commons category is recorded as Death certificates[4].
  • death certificate's has cause is recorded as confirmation of death[5].
  • death certificate's different from is recorded as death registry[6].
  • death certificate's different from is recorded as burial register[7].
  • death certificate's different from is recorded as civil death certificate[8].
  • death certificate's different from is recorded as Q2928037[9].
  • death certificate's different from is recorded as Q116206555[10].
  • death certificate's different from is recorded as Q1711449[11].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include certificate[2] and vital record[3].

Why It Matters

death certificate ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,312 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Edit History

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. 19d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → death-certificates
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: death-certificates, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289919040|death certificates (#289919040)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|H"
  2. 8w ago · Francescobelletta · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Acte de décès de Paul Friesé.jpg, Chimborazo hospital richmond civil war death certificate.png, شهادة وفاة عبد الكريم قاسم 1.jpg +2
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: PetDeathCertificateSample.jpg"
  3. 9w ago · Lieutcoluseng · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → certificate, vital record
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q196756]]"
  4. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Decs id → 28029
    Mesh concept id → M0005705
    Has cause → confirmation of death
    Subclass of → certificate, vital record
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 26029, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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