TAG Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014 WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014 TAG Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014 11-17 October 2014 Barcelona, Spain C&RG SWP Report Mortality TAG Title Sam Notzon, James Eynstone-Hinkins, co-chairs Robert Jakob, WHO Liaison Title

Key Priorities and Deliverables WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014 TAG Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014 11-17 October 2014 Barcelona, Spain C&RG SWP Report Key Priorities and Deliverables Review Vol. 2 in collaboration with MbTAG and MRG, including impact of new structure on Vol. 2 rules; Continue/complete chapter reviews; Conduct coding and mapping exercises using selected certificates; Work with WHO and relevant experts to review and refine the index (Volume 3). N.B.: Several requests have been made to WHO in recent years to engage senior experts in public health and epidemiology to conduct a high-level review of the joint linearization. When will this review be conducted? Title

Future and Continuing Tasks WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014 TAG Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014 11-17 October 2014 Barcelona, Spain C&RG SWP Report Future and Continuing Tasks Continue work to review/refine index. Investigate modifications that will make the electronic index usable for manual coders; Assess impact on cause of death statistics of joint linearization; Estimate the effort required to update decision tables. Title

TAG Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014 WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014 TAG Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014 11-17 October 2014 Barcelona, Spain C&RG SWP Report Many mTAG members will attend the ICE on Automation and MRG Mid-Year Meetings in Budapest Tentative date: 17-20 March 2015 Title The mTAG will hold teleconferences every 1-2 months between November 2014 and September 2015. One or more MbTAG members will attend mTAG calls, and similarly mTAG members will attend MbTAG calls. Summaries of the calls will be shared across the two TAGs. Title