Cause Of Death

Also known as

Add other possible names for this type

Cause of Death is used by the Deceased Person type to document the cause of that person's death. Examples might be drowning, gunshot, or coronary failure. more

Link to page

Add columns to the view
Add another type with the property you want to view.
more column options
Sort: Newest Oldest


close name	close image	close Also Typed With	close Parent cause of death	close Includes causes of death	close article
previous page \| next page
Prostate cancer		Disease or medical condition			Prostate cancer is a disease in which cancer develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. It occurs when cell of the prostate mutate and begin to multiply out of control. These cells may spread (metastasize) from the prostate...
Congestive heart failure		Disease or medical condition			Congestive heart failure (CHF), congestive cardiac failure (CCF) or just heart failure, is a condition that can result from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the ability of the heart to fill with or pump a sufficient amount...
Congestive heart failure		Disease cause
Acute Liver Disease
Airplane crash		Accident type
Cardiac arrest		Disease or medical condition			A cardiac arrest, also known as cardiorespiratory arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest or circulatory arrest, is the abrupt cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively during systole. A cardiac arrest...
Suicide		Quotation Subject		Hanging	Suicide (Latin suicidium, from sui caedere, to kill oneself) is primarily the act of intentionally terminating one's own life, though it is also used as a metaphor for the "willful destruction of one's self-interest" either as an individual or as a...
Drug overdose				Cocaine overdose	The term drug overdose (or simply overdose or OD) describes the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than are recommended or generally practiced. An overdose is widely considered harmful and dangerous as it can...
Drug overdose				Heroin overdose
Syphilis		Disease or medical condition			Syphilis is a curable sexually transmitted disease caused by the Treponema pallidum spirochete. The route of transmission of syphilis is almost always by sexual contact, although there are examples of congenital syphilis via transmission from mother...
Syphilis		Sexually transmitted disease
Pneumonia		Disease or medical condition			Pneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the lung. Frequently, it is described as lung parenchyma/alveolar inflammation and abnormal alveolar filling with fluid. (The alveoli are microscopic air-filled sacs in the lungs responsible for absorbing...
Influenza		Disease or medical condition			Influenza, commonly known as flu, is an infectious disease of bird and mammal caused by RNA virus of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses). The name influenza comes from the , meaning "influence", . In humans, common symptoms of the...
Influenza		Database topic
Lung cancer		Disease or medical condition	Cancer		Lung cancer is a disease of uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. This growth may lead to metastasis, invasion of adjacent tissue and infiltration beyond the lungs. The vast majority of primary lung cancers are carcinomas of the lung,...
Aplastic anemia		Disease or medical condition			Aplastic anemia is a condition where bone marrow does not produce sufficient new cell to replenish blood cells. The term 'aplastic' means the marrow suffers from an aplasia that renders it unable to function properly. Anemia is the condition of...
Syphillis
Esophageal cancer		Disease or medical condition			Esophageal cancer is malignancy of the esophagus. There are various subtypes. Esophageal tumors usually lead to dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), pain and other symptoms, and are diagnosed with biopsy. Small and localized tumors are treated...
Asteroid Impact
Helicopter crash
malnutrition and inanition caused by personality disturbance					Late in 1977, Adele Gödel became incapacitated due to illness and so could no longer cook for her husband Kurt Gödel. Due to his paranoia, he refused to eat any food at all and thus died of "malnutrition and inanition caused by personality...
Assassination		Quotation Subject	Murder	Assassination by firearm	Assassination is the targeted killing of a high-profile person. An added distinction between assassination and other forms of killing is that the assassin (one who performs an assassination) usually has an ideological or political motivation, though...
Poison					In the context of biology, poisons are substances that can cause damage, illness, or death to organism, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism. Legally and in...
Skiing accident
Inhalation of vomit					Inhalation of vomit, a type of pulmonary aspiration, is a cause of asphyxiation. Several deaths have occurred this way, often this is attributed to the use of drugs that depress the central nervous system.
Asphyxia		Disease or medical condition			Asphyxia (from Greek a-, "without" and σφυγμός (sphygmos), "pulse, heartbeat") is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from being unable to breath normally. An example of Asphyxia is choking. Asphyxia causes...
asphyxiation
Pulmonary aspiration					In medicine, aspiration is the entry of secretions or foreign material into the trachea and lung. The patient may either inhale the material, or it may be blown into the lungs during positive pressure ventilation or CPR. As the right main bronchus...
Cardiovascular disease		Disease or medical condition			Vascular disease is a form of cardiovascular disease primarily affecting the blood vessels. Some conditions, such as myocardial ischemia, can be considered both vascular diseases and heart disease. Cigarette smoking is the top risk factor.
Infectious disease		Disease or medical condition			An infectious disease is a clinically evident disease resulting from the presence of pathogenic microbial agents, including pathogenic virus, pathogenic bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasite, and aberrant proteins known as prion. These...
Infectious disease		Medical specialty
Parasitic disease					A parasitic disease is an infectious disease caused or transmitted by a parasite. Many parasites do not cause disease per se. Parasitic diseases can affect practically all living organisms, from plants to mammals. The study of parasitic diseases is...
Ischaemic heart disease		Disease or medical condition			Ischaemic or ischemic heart disease (IHD), or myocardial ischemia, is a disease characterized by reduced blood supply to the heart muscle, usually due to coronary artery disease (atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries). Its risk increases with age...
Cancer		Disease or medical condition		Throat cancer	Cancer (medical term: malignant neoplasm) is a class of disease in which a group of cells display the traits of uncontrolled growth (growth and division beyond the normal limits), invasion (intrusion on and destruction of adjacent tissues), and...
		Field Of Study		Bone cancer
		Book Subject		Lung cancer
		Quotation Subject		Breast cancer
		Charitable field		Breast cancer
Stroke		Disease or medical condition	Karoshi		Stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain. This can be due to ischemia (lack of blood supply) caused by thrombosis or embolism, or due to a hemorrhage. In medicine...