Mortality and Causes of Death 2008
South Africa, 2008
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ZAF_2008_MCD_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa, South Africa. Department of Home Affairs
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Injury for the immediate cause of death (injurya)
Data file: CausesOfDeath2008_F1.dta
Overview
Valid:
606699
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
111
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
73
End:
75
Width:
3
Range:
1 - 111
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Injuries to the head | 9608 |
1.6%
|
| 2 | Injuries to the neck; cervial spine/cord; trachea; vocal cord; keel; larynx; carotide | 1460 |
0.2%
|
| 3 | Injuries to the thorax; breast; chest; heart; rib; lung; aorta | 5851 |
1%
|
| 4 | Injuries to the abdomen; lower back; lumbar spine; pelvis; biuk (ventricle); kidney; stomach; colon; rug; rectum; buttock; liver; milt spleen; biuk; peritoneum | 1336 |
0.2%
|
| 5 | Injuries to shoulder and upper arm | 74 |
0%
|
| 6 | Injuries to elbow and forearm | 22 |
0%
|
| 7 | Injuries to wrist and hand | 14 |
0%
|
| 8 | Injuries to hip and thigh | 350 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | Injuries to knee and lower leg | 88 |
0%
|
| 10 | Injuries to ankle and foot | 6 |
0%
|
| 11 | Injuries involving multiple body regions | 11117 |
1.8%
|
| 12 | Injuries to unspecified parts of trunk; limb or body region | 8994 |
1.5%
|
| 13 | Effects of foreign body entering throug natural orifice | 660 |
0.1%
|
| 14 | Burns and corrosions | 2152 |
0.4%
|
| 15 | Frostbite | 1 |
0%
|
| 16 | Poisoning by drugs; medicaments and biological substances | 261 |
0%
|
| 17 | Toxic effect of substances chiefly nonmedical as to source bysteek food | 1249 |
0.2%
|
| 18 | Other and unspecified effexts of external causes | 6153 |
1%
|
| 19 | Certain early complications of trauma | 16 |
0%
|
| 20 | Complications of surgical and medical care; nec | 265 |
0%
|
| 21 | Sequelae of injuries; of poisoning and of other consequences of external causes | 16 |
0%
|
| 111 | Not applicable - no injury | 557006 |
91.8%
|
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.