Mortality and Causes of Death 1997-2015
South Africa, 1997 - 2015
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Reference ID
ZAF_1997-2015_MCD_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa, Department of Home Affairs
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Ascertainment of the cause of death (Ascertainment)
Data file: mcd-1997-2015-v1
Overview
Valid:
9808624
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autopsy | 822592 |
8.4%
|
| 2 | Post mortem examination | 2544918 |
25.9%
|
| 3 | Opinion of attending medical practitioner | 1550907 |
15.8%
|
| 4 | Opinion of attending medical practitioner on duty | 344376 |
3.5%
|
| 5 | Opinion of registered professional nurse | 1174822 |
12%
|
| 6 | Interview of family member | 284001 |
2.9%
|
| 7 | Other | 44740 |
0.5%
|
| 8 | Autopsy results may be available later | 195300 |
2%
|
| 9 | Autopsy not performed | 1951530 |
19.9%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 20456 |
0.2%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 874982 |
8.9%
|
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.