Urano Y, Baba K, Aizawa S
Acta Pathol Jpn. 1982;32 Suppl 1:23-46.
The Japanese Pathological Society has established a unique registration system for autopsy cases since 1958. The autopsy data are published every year as an annual which numbers 22 volumes and includes 443,604 cases. This annual entitled Annual of Pathological Autopsy Cases in Japan is composed of 2 parts. One is the description part in which autopsy records of individual cases (institution, autopsy number, age, sex, address, occupation, clinics, clinical diagnosis, pathological diagnosis, and remarks) are summarized in a formula with 108 Japanese characters. The other is the statistical part in which disease-specific frequency with age distribution, combination of multiple malignancies are recorded. For this statistical study, computerization of the autopsy data was started from 1974. Modified MOTNAC codes are used for malignant neoplasms and modified ICD codes for the other diseases. Computerization of autopsy data has led to accurate statistical studies of autopsy cases in Japan and will contribute to the development of medical science.
自1958年以来，日本病理学会建立了一套独特的尸检病例登记系统。尸检数据每年以年鉴形式出版，年鉴共22卷，包含443,604个病例。这本名为《日本病理尸检病例年鉴》的年鉴由两部分组成。一部分是描述部分，其中单个病例的尸检记录（机构、尸检编号、年龄、性别、地址、职业、诊所、临床诊断、病理诊断及备注）以108个日文字符的格式进行汇总。另一部分是统计部分，记录了特定疾病的发病率及年龄分布、多种恶性肿瘤的组合情况。对于这项统计研究，尸检数据的计算机化工作始于1974年。恶性肿瘤使用修改后的MOTNAC编码，其他疾病使用修改后的ICD编码。尸检数据的计算机化使得对日本尸检病例的统计研究更加准确，并将有助于医学科学的发展。
