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Strengthening cause of death statistics in India

	All deaths must be recorded and certified with cause of death by a medical doctor
	Record underlying cause of death in the Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD) Form 4 / 4A
	Build death auditing system in hospitals
	Interested hospitals, nursing homes can register with ICMR-NCDIR to use the free online software e-Mor (NCDIR eletronic mortality) to record accurate cause of death information to strengthen Form 4/4A
	Use of this software does not replace the system of death reporting and death registration existent in each state

About MCCD

Cause of death - All what you want to know !

The cause of death is defined as "all those diseases, morbid conditions/abnormalities, injuries which either resulted in or contributed to death and the circumstances of the accident or violence which produced any such injuries". Read More..

What is your role as a doctor?

The doctor's responsibility is to complete the Medical Cause of Death Certificate(MCCD)' to state that an individual died from the reported cause/causes of death.

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What can a participating centre do?

Strengthen the Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD) through training
Record death events in a Registered Clinic or Nursing home or Hospital or Medical Institution
Record medical terms of cause of death, convert medical terms into International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes
Record the underlying cause of death and the sequence of events leading to death
Quality checks to avoid mode of dying being referred as cause of death
Generate MCCD Form 4 and Death Report Form 2, necessary for death registration
Have restricted user access
Ensure data security and confidentiality

How is it helpful for the hospitals?

The following outputs can be generated:

Level 1: Certificate of death for disposal of body: Death notification
Level 2: Medical certification of cause of death (MCCD) - Form 4: Recording cause of death
Level 3: Death report - Form 2: Submitted to Local Registrar's office by hospital along with Form 4

Who can participate?

Centres registered with ICMR -NCDIR

Clinics, Nursing Homes, Hospitals and Medical Institutes can register with ICMR-NCDIR
(write to ncdir@ncdirindia.org)
General physicians who certify death at home can also use the software to record and issue Form 4A

Who benefits?

Family:

Death registration

Hospitals:

Record death event and maintain death register
Generate MCCD and Form 2 for further submission to Local Registrar office
Conduct mortality audits in hospital

Research and Public Health:

Strengthens cause of death statistics
Strengthens vital event registration
Helps in planning and implementation of healthcare services
Strengthens public health research

What is the role of ICMR-NCDIR ?

Provide technical assistance to strengthen quality of cause of death information and strengthen MCCD system in hospitals
Facilitate statistical tables for administrative and research needs of hospital
Generate statistical tables in accordance to the MCCD reports of the Registrar General of India (RGI) reports
Data transmitted through online software is encrypted and securely stored and not shared with any third party

About MCCD

Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) is the certificate issued by the attending medical practitioner who had treated the person during admission in a medical institution or in the last illness (prior to death) while taking treatment from a physician outside of a medical institution. It is the physician's primary responsibility to complete the medical part of the certificate regarding all diseases, morbid conditions or injuries which either resulted in or contributed to death. The certificate as to the cause of death required under sub-section (3) of Section 10 of Registration of Births and Deaths Act,1969 shall be issued in Form No.4 for institutional deaths and Form 4A for non- institutional deaths.