Mortality and Causes of Death 1997-2017

South Africa, 1997 - 2017

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Reference ID

ZAF_1997-2017_MCD_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa, Department of Home Affairs

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Oct 19, 2020

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Relationship to deceased (Relationship)

Data file: mcd-1997-2017-v1

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Valid: 10780692

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Parent	1503218	13.9%
2	Spouse	748278	6.9%
3	Child	1551333	14.4%
4	Other kin	2075970	19.3%
5	Other	2540779	23.6%
8	Unknown	1086193	10.1%
9	Unspecified	1274921	11.8%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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