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- The MultiCause network is an international research network dedicated to the analysis of all causes reported on death certificates. In addition to the reassessment of mortality levels, research is conducted on how causes are combined with one another, as well as on multimorbidity at death. Established in 2012, the network regroups more than 100 researchers from about 20 countries. If you are interested in our activities, please send an email to: multicauseworkshop@listes.ined.fr.
Meetings
- The sixth meeting of the MultiCause network was held in Barcelona on October 16&17, 2025. It was organized in collaboration with the Center for Demogràfic Studies (Barcelona), the Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona), and the French Institute for demographic Studies (INED, Paris). The final programme is available. Presentations are available here
Other news
- RICoDA: Role Identification of Causes of Death Algorithm
The program developed by Grippo et al. (see Grippo et al. 2024) is available on the webpage of the Iris Institute at https://www.bfarm.de/EN/Code-systems/Collaboration-and-projects/Iris-Institute/Analyse-Research/_artikel.html
- The tool was developed for identifying the roles of causes of death on a death certificate. It assigns a “role” to each entry on the death certificate and allows classifying each death record according to the type of morbid process leading to death (simple, multi-morbid or ill-defined).
- It is based on the WHO coding rules for the selection of the underlying cause and a list of valid codes from the 2019 version of the ICD-10. Useful information to run it are ICD-10 code and position on the certificate of the multiple causes of death. A .doc file with instructions is reported in the download package.
- With the download of the program, a license agreement originates between you and BfArM. You thereby commit to adhere to our terms and conditions for downloading.
- The IUSSP Scientific Panel on Declining Mortality and Multi-morbidity at Death has put together a series of Questions & Answers about Multiple Cause-of-Death (MCOD) Analysis, clarifying definitions, presenting aims and methods, addressing issues of data quality and international comparison and highlighting the contribution of MCOD to understanding COVID-19 mortality. Read more here: https://iussp.org/en/qa-multiple-cause-death-analysis
Recent publications
- Adair, T., Li, H., Rao, C. (2024). Assessing the accuracy of reporting of hypertension on death certificates in Australia, American Journal of Hypertension, 37: 948-952, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpae108.
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2024) What do Australians die from?, AIHW, Australian Government. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/life-expectancy-deaths/what-do-australians-die-from/contents/about
- Barbieri M., Désesquelles A., Egidi V., Frova L., Grippo F., Meslé F., ... & Trias-Llimós S. (2025). Multi-Morbidity at Death and the US Disadvantage in Mortality: M. Barbieri et al. European Journal of Population, 41(1), 28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-025-09749-3
- Fihel, A., Janicka, A., Buschner, A., Ustinavičienė, R., Trakienė, A. (2024). Unrecognised COVID-19 deaths in Central Europe: The importance of cause-of-death certification for the COVID-19 burden assessment, PLoS ONE 19(7): e0307194, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307194
- Fihel, A., Janicka, A. (2024). Calculating the Cause of Death Association Indicator and the Contributing Cause of Death Association Indicator in Mortality Analysis, https://doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.e6nvw1dd7lmk/v1
- Grippo, F.,Frova, L.,Papagallo M., Barbieri, M., Trias-Llimós, S., Egidi, V., Meslé, F., Désesquelles, A. (2024). Beyond the underlying cause of death: an algorithm to studymulti-morbidity at death. Population Health Metrics, https://rdcu.be/d36IJ
- Harteloh, P. (2024). From Mono to Multi-causality: Towards a Comprehensive Perspective on Understanding Death.Health Policy, https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1jOTTcP6nJZaX
- Joshy, G., Bishop, K., Li, H., Moran, L., Gourley, M., Welsh, J., ... & Rao, C. (2025). Quantifying years of life lost in Australia: a multiple cause of death analysis. International Journal of Epidemiology, 54(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae177.
- Li, H., Adair, T. (2024). Analysing premature cardiovascular disease mortality in the United States by obesity status and educational attainment, BMC Medicine, 22: 533.
- Li, Yu, Hang Li, and Tim Adair. "The impact of the pandemic on non-COVID-19 causes of death in the united States: a multiple cause of death analysis." European Journal of Epidemiology (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-025-01214-z
- Sessego A., Duthé G., Lankoandé B. and Dianou, K. (2025). Studying multiple causes of death through verbal autopsies: Contribution of an index of similarity. Demographic Research 52:229–272. doi:10.4054/DemRes.2025.52.8.
- Ukolova, Elizabet. "What if dependent causes of death were independent?." Epidemiologic Methods 14.1 (2025): 20240033.
Other activities
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