The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) is a global standard for reporting diseases and health conditions. It is published and maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO). The dataset likely contains structured codes and descriptions for classifying morbidity and mortality information.
Use Cases
- Mortality and morbidity statistics reporting (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Clinical diagnosis coding for health records and billing (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Epidemiological research and trend analysis (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on the WHO Global Health Observatory (who_gho) platform
- Maintained by the World Health Organization, an authoritative global health body
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Provenance
- Source
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Collection Method
- Standard development and maintenance by an international health authority.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
- Geography
- Global