Cause of Death - Andis Family

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The following list includes causes of death as noted on death certificates that are included on this site.
Most death certificates list the main cause of death, in addition to significant contributing factors.
Although some causes are essentially the same as others, we have listed the causes exactly as they appear on the certificates.

accidental injuries to the head from limb of tree falling
acidosis
acute asphyxia
acute bronchitis with acute exacerbation
acute cardiac arrest
acute cardiac failure
acute cardiogenic shock
acute dilitation of heart
acute dyspena
acute gastritis
acute interstitial nephritis
acute milk poisoning - baby was given whole cow's milk
acute myocardial and renal failure
acute myocardial degeneration

acute myocardial infarction
acute pulmonary edema suspected  
acute renal failure
acute respiratory failure
adenocarcinoma of colon with general metastosis to lung and liver
adenocarcinoma right breast
advanced arteriosclerosis
advanced meastatic carcinoma of the parotid gland
aging
alcohol abuse

alcoholism
anencephaly
angina pectoris
aorta stanosis
apoplexy
aspiration

arterial hypoxemia
arteriosclerosis
arteriosclerosis generalized
arteriosclerotic CRV disease
arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease
arteriosclerotic heart disease
arteriovascular renal disease
ascites

asphyxia due to lethal dose of barbital tablets - undetermined if accidental or not
aspiration pneumonia
astrocytoma right frontotemporal area
atelectasis of left lung
atelomyelia

atherosclerosis
atrial fibrillation
auto-intoxication due to paresis of bowels

bacterial endocarditis
basilar skull fracture
bilateral broncho-pneumonia
bilateral carotid occlusion

bladder cancer
brain death
broken neck following his arm being caught in a combine auger
bronchial pneumonia
bronchogenic carcinoma
broncho-pneumonia

candidemia
carbon monoxide intoxication (fire in home)
carcinogenic shock
carcinoma of breast
carcinoma of colon with metastosis
carcinoma of left lung
carcinoma of lung
carcinoma of lung with metastosis
carcinoma of neck with metastasis
carcinoma of ovary
carcinoma of pancreas - metastatic
carcinoma of uterus
carcinoma prostate
cardia rupture
cardiac arrest
cardiac decomposition
cardiac dilitation
cardiac dysrhythmia
cardiac failure
cardiac tamponade
cardiogenic shock
cardiomyopathy
cardio-pulmonary arrest
cardio-respiratory arrest
cardio-vascular arrest
cattarah of head
cerebral concussion
cerebral embolism
cerebral hemorrhage
cerebral palsy
cerebral thrombosis
cerebral-vascular thrombosis
cervical spine fracture
cholangitis
choledocholithiasis
cholera infantile
cholera infantum
chronic arteriosclerosic heart and vascular disease
chronic bronchitis
chronic glomerulonephritis
chronic histoplasmosis
chronic lymphatic leukemia

chronic myocarditis
chronic obstructive lung disease
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
chronic pulmonary fibrosis
chronic, severe, left himiplegia

cigarette smoking
cirrhosis of liver
clostridia difficile colitis
CO2 narcosis
colon cancer
congenital deformity
congenital muscular torticollis
congestion of brain
congestive heart failure
consumption
cor pulmonale

coronary artery disease
coronary artery insufficiency
coronary atherosclerosis
coronary embolism
coronary heart disease
coronary occlusion
coronary sclerosis
Cushing Syndrome

deep vein thrombosis
dehydration
dementia
diabetes
diabetes mellitus
diabetic coma
diffuse ensephalomalacia
dilitation of heart
diptheria
disseminated intravascular coagulopathy
double lobar pneumonia
drowning
dysentery

electrocerebral silence
encephalytis
end-stage Alzheimer's disease
end-stage dementia
end-stage ovarian carcinoma
endometrial cancer
eresipelas
esophageal cancer
etcemphysema
exanguination
exhaustion

fibrocaseous lung disease
fracture right femur
fractured cervical spine and right arm following his arm being caught in combine auger
fractured skull and other fractures - car/truck collision
fulminate acute lymphatic leukemia

gastric hemorrhage, cause undetermined
gastro-intestinal bleeding
general arterioscloerosis
general atheromatosis
general peritonitis
glioblastoma
glomerulonephritis
Gold Stage 4 COPD
gram negative rod sepsis
granulocytopenia
gunshot wound of head (self inflicted)
gunshot woulds to the head and abdomen

heart disease
hemiparesis
hemolytic anemia
hepatic failure
hyaline membrane disease
hypertension
hypertensive heart disease
hyponatremic seizures
hypostatic pneumonia
hypostatical congestion of lungs
hypotension
hypothermia
hypothyrodism
hypoxia

Icterus Gravis
ileocolitis
inanition
infulenza
inhalation hydrocarbons
intertrochanteric front femur
invalidism

"just wore out" - our personal favorite

laceration of mesentery
LaGrippe
laryngeal and nasal diptheria
left ventricle hypertrophy
leprosy
leukemia
Lewy Body dementia
lobar pneumonia
lymphoma
lymphosarcoma

malnutrition
massive intestinal adhesions
medullary failure

meningitis
mesothelioma of lungs
metabolic acidosis
metastatic adenocarcinoma uncertain primary

metastatic carcinoma lung
metastatic carcinoma of breast
metastatic carcinoma of pancreas

metastatic carcinoma of prostate
metastatic carcinoma renal
metastatic carcinoma of right lung
metastatic islet cell tumor

metastatic lung cancer
metastatic melanoma
metastatic poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of prostate
metastatic prostate cancer
metastatic renal cell cancer
metastatic urothelial cancer
milary cancer
Milroy's disease

mitral insufficiency
morbid obesity
multiple decubiti
multiple skull fractures (child was run over by ice cream truck)
multisystem organ failure
Muscular Dystrophy
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
myelogenous leukemia (acute)
myocardial anoxia 
myocardial infarction
myocarditis
myocardopathy

natural causes
neonatal atelectasis
non-closure of foramen ovale
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

obesity
occlusion of coronary arteries

pancreatic cancer
panlobular emphysema
paralysis
paralytic stroke
Parkinson's disease
Pellagra
perecardial effusion
peripheral vascular disease
peritonitis
Peritonitis resulting from rupture of jejunem
pleural effustion
pneumonia
pneumothorax and hemothorax due to crushing injury to chest
polycythemia rubra vera
poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the intestine
post-operative shock
postpartum hemorrhage

premature birth
progressive dysphagia
prostate cancer

prostatitus
pulmonary alveolar capillary block
pulmonary edema
pulmonary embolism
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary tuberculosis
pulmonary tuberculosis of the lungs
pyelo nephrytis

renal failure
respiratory arrest
respiratory distress syndrome
respiratory failure
reticulum cell sarcoma
rheumatic heart disease
rickets
right incraparenchymal hemorrhage
ruptured cerebral aneurysm
ruptured viscus

seizure disorder
senile dementia Alzheimers type
sepsis
septicemia
septic peritonitis
severe aortic stenosis
severe pyorrhoea
severe right middle lobe pneumonia
severe tricuspid regurgitation
severed left carotid artery
single intraoral gunshot wound to head
squamous cell carcinoma of tongue

stillborn
strangled on mucous of lungs
streptococcic
stroke
subarachnoid hemorrhage
suicide by drowning
suicide by hanging
suicide by hanging of suspension ligature
supressed urine and heart failure   
swallowing dysfunction

tardive dyskinesia
terminal bronchopneumonia due to severe anemia
terminal stage esophogeal cancer
thrombocytopenia
tree limb falling on head

tubercular meningitis
tuberculosis pleurisy
tuberculosis pneumonia of right lung
typhoid fever

undifferentiatied adenocarcinoma
untreated breast cancer

uremia
uremic dehydration
urinary tract infection  
urosepsis
uterus cancer with metastasis of liver

ventricular asystole
ventricular fibrillation, severe senile dementia

Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
Wegener's Granulomatosis
whooping cough
wood alcohol poisoning accidental