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Cause of death coding in mortality statistics, software changes: January 2022

The differences in mortality data for England and Wales coded to ICD-10, produced by changing from cause of death coding using the software MUSE 5.5 to the updated version MUSE 5.8. The previous update from IRIS 4.2.3 to MUSE 5.5 occurred in January 2020. An account of the differences produced by changing from cause of death coding from IRIS 4.2.3 to MUSE 5.8 is also provided.

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Cause of death coding in mortality statistics, software changes: January 2022

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Published 7 January 2022