Updated DEATH (markdown)

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The death domain contains the clinical event for how and when a Person dies. A person can have up to one record if the source system contains evidence about the Death, such as:
* Condition Code in the Header or Detail information of claims
* Status of enrollment into a health plan
* Explicit record in EHR data
Field|Required|Type|Description
:----|:----|:-----|:-----
:-------------------------|:--------|:-----|:----------------------------------------------
|person_id|Yes|integer|A foreign key identifier to the deceased person. The demographic details of that person are stored in the person table.|
|death_date |Yes|date|The date the person was deceased. If the precise date including day or month is not known or not allowed, December is used as the default month, and the last day of the month the default day.|
|death_datetime |No|datetime|The date and time the person was deceased. If the precise date including day or month is not known or not allowed, December is used as the default month, and the last day of the month the default day.|