crvs:Death
The permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after a live birth has taken place. Captures the deceased person, the cause and manner of death, the method used to ascertain cause, and the medical certifier. Aligned with the WHO definition and the ICD structure for cause-of-death classification.
https://publicschema.org/crvs/Death
Supertypes
Properties
| Property | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| event_date from VitalEvent | date | The date on which the vital event (birth, death, marriage, etc.) occurred. Disti... |
| event_date_estimated from VitalEvent | boolean | Whether the event date is an estimate rather than a known exact date. Common for... |
| event_location from VitalEvent | concept:Location | The specific place where the vital event occurred (for example, the hospital of ... |
| registration_number from VitalEvent | string | The unique number assigned by the civil registration authority when the vital ev... |
| registration_date from VitalEvent | date | The date on which the vital event was officially registered with the civil regis... |
| registration_location from VitalEvent | concept:Location | The civil registration office where the vital event was registered. Often a muni... |
| registration_type from VitalEvent | string (crvs/registration-type) | The regime under which the registration was processed: current (within the legal... |
| registrar from VitalEvent | concept:Person | The civil registration officer who recorded the event. In many jurisdictions thi... |
| informant from VitalEvent | concept:Person | The person who declares the vital event to the civil registration authority. Typ... |
| registration_status from VitalEvent | string (crvs/registration-status) | The lifecycle state of the registration process for this vital event: whether it... |
| record_id from Event | string | The identifier assigned to this record by the system that created it. Used to re... |
| deceased | concept:CRVSPerson includes Parent | The person whose death is recorded. Remains a Person entity so that existing ide... |
| place_type | string (crvs/place-type) | The category of place where the vital event occurred (health facility, home, en ... |
| cause_of_death | string | A free-text description of the underlying cause of death as stated on the death ... |
| cause_of_death_code | string | The coded underlying cause of death, typically an ICD-10 or ICD-11 code. The cod... |
| cause_of_death_coding_system | string | The classification system used to code the cause of death (for example ICD-10, I... |
| manner_of_death | string (crvs/manner-of-death) | The circumstances under which the death occurred: natural, accident, intentional... |
| cause_of_death_method | string (crvs/cause-of-death-method) | The method used to ascertain the cause of death: physician certified, verbal aut... |
| medical_certifier | concept:Person | The medical practitioner who certified the cause of death. Distinct from the reg... |
Evidence
| Standard | Equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| OpenCRVS v1 GraphQL | DeathRegistration | broad |
| DeathRegistration follows the same bundling pattern: event, civil status record, and workflow in one type. It also carries cause-of-death fields that sit directly on Death in PublicSchema. | ||