This article presents an evaluation of 4255 autopsy cases recorded at the Dusseldorf Pathology Institute in the years 1914 to 1918. Diagnoses were coded according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition (ICD-10), and the contemporaneous history of the Pathology Institute was reviewed. We found a proportion of 54.1% adults and 45.5% children in our cohort, with a male predominance of 63.9%. Infectious diseases account for the majority of all cases (35.5%), among which tuberculosis is the most frequent, reported in 22.7% of all cases. The second largest diagnosis group is the one of respiratory diseases (16.9%), including pneumonia and influenza. Cases of perinatal conditions account for 10.5% of the collective, followed by neoplasms, injuries, intoxications, or external causes, each representing 6.6%. Cardiovascular diseases account for 5.3% of the cases. In 4.4% of the pediatric and 0.8% of adult cases, a diagnosis of the ICD-10 group “nutritional and endocrine diseases” was made. No diagnosis of hunger edema is reported. Parts of the cohort are 272 war pathology cases (6.4%), made up by soldiers who mainly had died of shotgun injuries. The whole cohort represents the disease spectrum of a German big city population at times of World War I. The data exemplify the epidemiological shift that has occurred in industrialized countries over the last 100 years, from infectious to neoplastic and cardiovascular diseases.

本文对1914至1918年间在杜塞尔多夫病理研究所记录的4255例尸检病例进行了评估。诊断依据国际疾病分类（第10版）（ICD-10）进行编码，病理研究所的同期历史为已审查。在我们的队列中，我们发现有54.1％的成年人和45.5％的儿童，其中男性占63.9％。感染性疾病占所有病例的大多数（35.5％），其中结核病最常见，占所有病例的22.7％。第二大诊断组是呼吸系统疾病之一（16.9％），包括肺炎和流感。围产期病例占总数的10.5％，其次是肿瘤，损伤，中毒或外因，每例占6.6％。心血管疾病占病例的5.3％。在4.4％的儿科和0.8％的成人病例中，ICD-10组被诊断为“营养和内分泌疾病”。尚未报告饥饿水肿的诊断。该队列的一部分是272例战争病理学病例（6.4％），主要由shot弹枪伤亡的士兵组成。整个队列代表了第一次世界大战时期德国大城市人口的疾病谱。该数据证明了过去100年中工业化国家发生的流行病学转变，从传染病到肿瘤和心血管疾病。该队列的一部分是272例战争病理学病例（6.4％），主要由shot弹枪伤亡的士兵组成。整个队列代表了第一次世界大战时期德国大城市人口的疾病谱。该数据证明了过去100年中工业化国家发生的流行病学转变，从传染病到肿瘤和心血管疾病。该队列的一部分是272例战争病理学病例（6.4％），主要由shot弹枪伤亡的士兵组成。整个队列代表了第一次世界大战时期德国大城市人口的疾病谱。该数据证明了过去100年中工业化国家发生的流行病学转变，从传染病到肿瘤和心血管疾病。