Yes means that the individual was known to be alive at the datestamp of this value. No means that the individual is known to be deceased; in this case, the datestamp of this value is irrelevant and may be omitted. If known, the date of death is to be provided in the item Date of death.

It should not be necessary to store an explicit datestamp for this item. Instead, a registry may use the date of the last update or contact with the individual as the datestamp.

Date of the death of the individual. The date of death may be provided as a year only, if the month is not known.

Cause of death as code of the classification specified in Cause of death classification.

Classification used in the item Cause of death code.