This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Concept of Health and Disease, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Part I of the 'death certificate' deals with: 
Select and explain. 
A. Immediate cause, and the direct underlying cause which started the whole trend of events leading to death, B. Any significant associated diseases that contributed to the death but did not directly lead to it., C. Approximate interval between onset and cause of death., D. The mode of death
A: Immediate cause, and the direct underlying cause which started the whole trend of events leading to death
Answer: A: Immediate cause, and the direct underlying cause which started the whole trend of events leading to death 
Explanation: Ans. a (Immediate cause, and the direct underlying cause which started the whole trend of events leading to death). (Ref Park PSM 22nd/pg. 54)# According to Death Certificate recommended by WHO for international use, Part I deals with the immediate cause, and the direct underlying cause (the essence of international death certificate) which started the whole trend of events leading to death. But it does not include the mode of dying.# In part II is recorded any significant associated disease that contributed to the death but did not directly lead to it.