Working Group 2 has moved on the next stages of the work developing ICD10h. There are three strands to this work:
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Creating new categorisations of causes of death
Following an initial meeting, we agreed to start work on four classifications, with the following sub-groups (please get in touch with the group leader if you wish to participate).
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BeRaSaRo Scheme, led by Diego Ramiro <diego.ramiro@cchs.csic.es>
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Old Age, led by Tom Hacha <tom.hacha@ugent.be>
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Morbidity, led by Harry Smith <h.j.smith2@exeter.ac.uk >
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External causes, led by Eilidh Garrett <egarrett@ed.ac.uk>
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Creating sets of coded historic strings for different languages
Following an initial meeting, we agreed to start work on the following language groups (please get in touch with the group leader if you wish to participate).
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Greek, led by Michail Raftakis <michailraftakis@gmail.com>
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Dutch, led by Mayra Murkens <m.murkens@rug.nl>
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Scandinavian languages, led by Maria Hiltunen Maltesdotter <maria.hiltonen@umu.se>
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Italian/Spanish/Portuguese, led by Diego Ramiro <diego.ramiro@cchs.csic.es>
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From multiple to underlying causes
Following an initial meeting, a programme of action has been developed. Please let Alice Reid <amr1001@cam.ac.uk> if you would like to join this working group. Those with computer coding skills (even without much knowledge of causes of death) will be particularly welcome.