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.

作为太平洋数据可视化挑战2024的一部分，新喀里多尼亚政府卫生与社会保障部门（DASS）现公布2011年至2023年间新喀里多尼亚的死亡医学原因列表。该数据集涵盖了2011年至2023年间新喀里多尼亚的死亡医学原因。鉴于医疗保密相关的隐私保护原因，人们的年龄已按广泛类别进行分类。医学原因以世界卫生组织制定的ICD-10（国际疾病分类）编码。研究新喀里多尼亚的死亡医学原因，无论死者是否在该领土定居，对于公共卫生至关重要。这有助于我们识别最紧迫的健康问题，以及易受伤害的群体，从而引导公共政策并设立相应的健康项目。死亡医学原因记录在医学证明书上，其分析集中于医师所述的健康事件导致死亡的初始原因。值得注意的是，该数据集存在一定的偏差，因为医学证明书是在死亡时根据可用的信息完成的，这意味着医生并不系统性地拥有识别死亡初始原因所需的所有信息。