Medical causes of death in New Caledonia

As part of the Pacific Dataviz Challenge 2024,
the New Caledonian government's Department of Health and Social Affairs (DASS) is making available the list of medical causes of death in New Caledonia between 2011 and 2023.

This dataset includes medical causes of death in New Caledonia from 2011 to 2023.

For reasons of confidentiality linked to medical secrecy, people's ages have been classified by broad category.

Medical causes are coded in ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases established by the World Health Organization).

The study of medical causes of death in New Caledonia, whether or not the person is domiciled in the territory, is essential for public health. It enables us to identify the most pressing health problems, as well as vulnerable populations, in order to guide public policy and set up appropriate health programs.

Medical causes of death are recorded on medical certificates. Their analysis focuses on the initial cause mentioned by the physician as being at the origin of the health event leading to death.

It should be noted that this dataset is subject to certain biases, as medical certificates are completed on the basis of the information available at the time of death, which means that the doctor does not systematically have all the information needed to identify the initial cause of death.