Mortality Causes

Deaths without preceding hospitalisation more often had malaria and anaemia in the causal chain. Compared with deaths without recent hospitalisation, deaths with preceding hospitalisation more often had lower respiratory infections, sepsis, malnutrition, and birth defects in the causal chain. The study adds postmortem evidence that malnutrition was commonly part of the causal chain after recent hospitalisation. Chronic vulnerabilities such as birth defects, prematurity complications, and undernutrition often coexisted with acute infectious causes. The article identifies self-destructive behavior as one category of death cause. The article identifies interpersonal harm and conflict between nation states as categories of death cause. Among deaths with preceding hospitalisation and completed MITS, lower respiratory tract infections, sepsis, and undernutrition were the most common causes. The framework asks how people can avoid dying after establishing the foundational principle.