Digging into Death Certification Data to Uncover Family History and Family Health Information Treasures: A Physician’s Perspective

During this session we will discuss the fascinating history of recording death. We will then explore those death records in the US that contain a cause of death such mortality schedules, mortality registries, and death certification all from a physicians perspective. We will discuss some pearls and pitfalls along the way and help those participating access these useful records Finally we will discuss diseases to be on the watch for during your family history journey and how to use family health information to develop a family history portrait and actually calculate your risk of certain illnesses.
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