Mortality and Causes of Death 1997-2017

South Africa, 1997 - 2017

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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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Population group of deceased (PopGroup)

Data file: mcd-1997-2017-v1

Overview

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	Black African	6673690	61.9%
2	White	737012	6.8%
3	Indian or Asian	150089	1.4%
4	Coloured	547839	5.1%
5	Other	15603	0.1%
8	Unknown	62639	0.6%
9	Unspecified	2593820	24.1%

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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