Application of ICD-10 on causes of death from burial parish registers from Transylvania

The aim of this paper is to show that the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Health Related Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10) can be applied on causes of death from the parish registers from Transylvania. The sources consist of burial parish registers for the Reformed-Calvinist parishes in three villages overlapping for the period 1859-1930. All the causes of death could be coded and classified according to ICD-10. Furthermore, the analysis will be in regard to gender and age of the deceased and the seasonality of the main causes of death. In addition, some aspects of the epidemiological transition will be observed.

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