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Iwvao M. Moriyama, Ph.D., F.A.P.H.A. THE history of the International Classification of Diseases goes back to William Farr who, in the first annual report of the registrar general of England and Wales, called attention to the importance of a uniform statistical nomenclature on causes of death. In 1855, Farr submitted a classification of causes of death to the Second International Statistical Congress. Although Farr's classification was never universally accepted, the general arrangement and structure of his proposed classification, including the principle of classifying diseases by anatomical site, may be seen embodied even in the present revision of the International Classification of Diseases. The International Classification of Diseases first found international acceptance in 1900 as the International List of Causes of Death. Since then, decennial revisions have been made to keep abreast of medical and statistical progress. In 1948, the occasion of the Sixth Decennial Revision, the classification was broadened to meet the needs for diagnostic data in morbidity statistics. Considerable expansion of the International List of Causes of Death was required to serve the dual purposes of AUGUST. 19966 coding morbidity as well as mortality data. In 1955, the International Classification of Diseases was revised again. Only relatively
American Journal of Public Health – American Public Health Association
Published: Aug 1, 1966
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