1. Mortality Reference Group (MRG)
WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014
Committee and Reference Group Report for Monday, 13 October 2014
11-17 October 2014 Barcelona, Spain
C&RG SWP Report
Mortality Reference Group (MRG)
Co-Chairs: Patricia Wood (NACC) Lars Age Johansson (NCC)
Secretariat: Donna L. Hoyert (NACC)
WHO Liaison: Robert Jakob

2. Committee and Reference Group Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014
WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014
Committee and Reference Group Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014
11-17 October 2014 Barcelona, Spain
C&RG SWP Report
Key Achievements in 2013/2014
Promoted standard interpretation and application of ICD-10 for mortality (SWP MRG-17)
discussed more than 45 issues at the mid-year MRG meeting (Lyon, France April 2-4, 2014)
Enhanced the mortality knowledge base (SWP MRG-17)
discussed more than 25 issues at the mid-year Table Group meeting (Lyon, France April 7 - 8, 2014)
Developed and submitted 36 proposed updates for mortality classification purposes to URC (SWP MRG-17)

3. Committee and Reference Group Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014
WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014
Committee and Reference Group Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014
11-17 October 2014 Barcelona, Spain
C&RG SWP Report
Key Achievements in 2013/2014
Rewrote Volume 2 instructions for cause-of-death coding (SWP MRG-18) – submitted to URC for approval
Developed international instructions for multiple cause-of-death coding (SWP MRG-18) – submitted to URC for approval
Developed international core set of quality assurance checks for consistency between sex and cause of death in mortality data (SWP MRG-18)
Moderated discussions of the international Mortality Forum and identified issues for the MRG (SWP MRG-19)

4. Committee and Reference Group Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014
WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014
Committee and Reference Group Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014
11-17 October 2014 Barcelona, Spain
C&RG SWP Report
Key Achievements in 2013/2014
Completed the redesign of the international medical certificate of cause of death (SWP MRG-20) – submitted to URC for approval
Worked with the Mortality Topic Advisory Group (m-TAG) (SWP MRG-20)
Contributed to stability analysis of the JLMMS (ICD-11)
Contributed to the review of select JLMMS (ICD-11) chapters
Continued to provide additional mortality classification expertise to the revision process

5. Committee and Reference Group Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014
WHO - FAMILY OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING 2014
Committee and Reference Group Report for Thursday, 16 October 2014
11-17 October 2014 Barcelona, Spain
C&RG SWP Report
Outstanding Issues
Develop international core set of quality assurance checks for mortality data (SWP MRG-18)
Consistency between age and cause of death in mortality data