History of the statistical classification of diseases and ...

1 Copyright information All material appearing in this report is in the public domain and may be reproduced or copied without permission; citation as to source, however, is appreciated. Suggested citation Moriyama IM, Loy RM, Robb-Smith AHT. History of the statistical classification of diseases and causes of death. Rosenberg HM, Hoyert DL, eds. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2011. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Moriyama, Iwao M. (Iwao Milton), 1909-2006, author. History of the statistical classification of diseases and causes of death / by Iwao M. Moriyama, , Ruth M.

2 Loy, MBE, Robb-Smith, ;. edited and updated by Harry M. Rosenberg, , Donna L. Hoyert, p. ; cm. -- (DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2011-1125). March 2011.. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN-13: 978-0-8406-0644-0. ISBN-10: 0-8406-0644-3. 1. International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems. 10th revision. 2. International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems. 11th revision. 3. Nosology-- History . 4. Death- -Causes-- classification -- History . I. Loy, Ruth M., author. II. Robb-Smith, A. H. T. (Alastair Hamish Tearloch), author. III.

3 Rosenberg, Harry M. (Harry Michael), editor. IV. Hoyert, Donna L., editor. V. National Center for Health Statistics ( ) VI. Title. VII. Series: DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2011- 1125. [DNLM: 1. International classification of diseases . 2. Disease-- classification . 3. International classification of diseases -- History . 4. Cause of Death. 5. History , 20th Century. WB 15]. 2011. '8012--dc22. 2010044437. For sale by the Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents Mail Stop: SSOP. Washington, DC 20402 9328. Printed on acid-free paper. History of the statistical classification of diseases and Causes of Death Iwao M.

4 Moriyama, Ruth M. Loy, Alastair Robb-Smith, Edited and updated by Harry M. Rosenberg, Donna L. Hoyert, 2011. National Center for Health Statistics Edward J. Sondik, , Director Jennifer H. Madans, , Associate Director for Science Division of Vital Statistics Charles J. Rothwell, , Director History of the statistical classification of diseases and Causes of Death Dedication Dr. Iwao M. Moriyama wished to dedicate this report to the memory of Dr. Halbert L. Dunn (1896 1975), whom he described as a man whose visions became a reality at the Sixth Decennial Revision Conference at Palais D'Orsay in Paris on April 30, 1948.

5 Dr. Moriyama (1909 2006). directly participated in many of the 20th century developments described in this report, at the same time taking on a succession of positions and responsibilities between 1940 and 1975 within what ultimately became the National Center for Health Statistics. Following his retirement from federal service, Dr. Moriyama continued to have a significant role in the vital statistics community as director of the International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics. Throughout his life, Dr. Moriyama continued to challenge his successors to achieve best practices for mortality statistics.

6 Edward J. Sondik, Director National Center for Health Statistics March 2011. History of the statistical classification of diseases and Causes of Death About the Authors Iwao M. Moriyama, , Executive Director, International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics Associate Director for International Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, 1974 1975. Director, Office of Health Statistics Analysis, National Center for Health Statistics, 1961 1974. Head, Delegation to the International Conference for the Ninth Decennial Revision of the International classification of diseases (ICD), 1975.

7 Member, Delegation to the International Conference for the Decennial Revision of the ICD, Sixth to Ninth Revisions Member, Expert Committee on classification of diseases , World Health Organization (WHO), 1947 1975. Executive Secretary, National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, 1949 1975. Member, Advisory Committee for Current Medical Terminology, American Medical Association, 1963 1968. Ruth M. Loy, Senior Executive Officer, WHO Collaborating Center for classification of diseases , London (retired 1982). WHO Collaborating Center for classification of diseases , London, 1966 1982. Assisted WHO Secretariat on classification of diseases at WHO meetings of Heads of Collaborating Centers on Disease classification , Expert Committee meetings on disease classification Conducted WHO training courses for reorientation of coders upon introduction of Eighth and Ninth Revisions of the ICD.

8 Alastair Robb-Smith, , , Consultant pathologist and former Director of Pathology, United Oxford Hospitals (England). Emeritus Nuffield Reader in Pathology, University of Oxford Editor, Medical Research Council's A Provisional classification of diseases and Injuries for Use in Compiling Morbidity Statistics, 1944. Member, Nomenclature of diseases Committee, Royal College of Physicians, 1948 1969. Member, Expert Committee on classification of diseases , WHO, 1947 1970. Chairman, Registrar-General's Advisory Committee for the Eighth Revision of the ICD, 1961 1965. Member, Delegation to the Eighth Decennial Revision Conference, Geneva, 1965.

9 Chairman, Committee on Disease Nomenclature, Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences, 1968. History of the statistical classification of diseases and Causes of Death Contents Foreword .. ix Chapter 1 Evolution of Death Registration .. 1. Chapter 2 Nomenclature of diseases .. 5. Chapter 3 Development of the classification of diseases .. 9. Chapter 4 Classifying diseases for Primary Mortality Tabulations and Problems of Joint Causes of Death .. 23. Chapter 5 Multiple Cause-of-death Statistics .. 37. Chapter 6 Comparability and Accuracy of Cause-of-death Statistics .. 43. | vii |.

10 Chapter 7 Related Health Classifications .. 51. Chapter 8 Issues Associated With ICD Development .. 55. Chapter 9 Summary .. 59. References .. 61. History of the statistical classification of diseases and Causes of Death Foreword registration system (Chapter 2), but focuses on the classification , how the language reported in the registration This report describes the historic development of the system is collapsed into this classification (Chapter 3), disease nomenclatures and classifications that ultimately and other issues associated with the classification 's became the major international standard known as the development (Chapter 4).