Benchmarking for Leading Causes of Death
Scenario: The QI Committee is reviewing mortality data for the hospital in comparison to national mortality data. The QI coordinator will need to present a graph showing the top 10 causes of death in the USA for the year. As HIM director, you have been asked to prepare a graph showing the top 10 causes of death in the United States for the next committee meeting.
To gather the information, you will need to utilize National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) published data on the major causes of death at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/LCWK1_2015.pdf