[The validity of causes of death from tuberculosis in the rural areas of the Irkutsk Region].

Mortality due to tuberculosis is an important indicator that characterizes its epidemiological situation. The implication of this indicator is determined by the value of its significance and the possibility of making errors during its formation. The tuberculosis mortality rate in the rural population is frequently insufficiently significant. The results of a check-up of filling in the medical certificates indicated the high percentage of errors associated with coding or misinterpretation of pathological processes resulting in death. Centralized monitoring of the drawing-up of medical death certificates is required to bar from errors in the calculation of a tuberculosis mortality rate in the rural population.