[Reliability of data of death causes: comparison of premortem and verified by autopsy postmortem diagnoses].

Objective: The goal of the investigation was to evaluate the accuracy of medical diagnostics of death causes.

Material And Methods: In the framework of population-based postmortem examination program the latest premortem and postmortem diagnoses of the underlying (principal disease), direct (lethal complication) and contributory (contributory pathology) causes of death of 1030 deceased and autopsied people of local randomized unit (Jonava district) autopsy study were compared.

Results: The discrepancy between premortem and postmortem diagnoses was 35.