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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


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