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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- mcd-1997-2017-v1
- mcd-1997-2017-v1-codes.dta
Disease/Injury Main Group Name (MainGroup_Name)
Data file: mcd-1997-2017-v1-codes.dta
Overview
Valid:
6922
Invalid:
-
Type:
Discrete
Start:
315
End:
391
Width:
77
Range:
-
Format:
character
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96) | 310 |
4.5%
|
|
| Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) | 531 |
7.7%
|
|
| Condition leading to death not mentioned | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) | 403 |
5.8%
|
|
| Diseases of the blood and immune mechanism (D50-D89) | 127 |
1.8%
|
|
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) | 346 |
5%
|
|
| Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93) | 365 |
5.3%
|
|
| Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95) | 49 |
0.7%
|
|
| Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59) | 86 |
1.2%
|
|
| Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) | 277 |
4%
|
|
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system etc. (M00-M99) | 253 |
3.7%
|
|
| Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99) | 243 |
3.5%
|
|
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99) | 219 |
3.2%
|
|
| Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99) | 171 |
2.5%
|
|
| Drug-resistant tuberculosis (U51-U52) | 4 |
0.1%
|
|
| Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) | 283 |
4.1%
|
|
| External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01-Y98) | 565 |
8.2%
|
|
| Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98) | 1457 |
21%
|
|
| Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99) | 207 |
3%
|
|
| Natural cause (no injury code) | 1 |
0%
|
|
| Neoplasms (C00-D48) | 619 |
8.9%
|
|
| Pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (O00-O99) | 234 |
3.4%
|
|
| Symptoms and signs not elsewhere classified (R00-R99) | 171 |
2.5%
|
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.