Mortality and Causes of Death 2011

South Africa, 2011

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ZAF_2011_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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Feb 08, 2021

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Data file: mcd-2011-v1.dta

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Valid: 519655

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 99

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 65

End: 66

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Autopsy	43443	8.4%
2	Post mortem examination	79319	15.3%
3	Opinion of attending medical practitioner	132957	25.6%
4	Opinion of attending medical practitioner on duty	42880	8.3%
5	Opinion of registered professional nurse	41472	8%
6	Interview of family member	38329	7.4%
7	Other	7209	1.4%
8	Autopsy results may be available later	133	0%
9	Autopsy not performed	2589	0.5%
98	Unknown	3941	0.8%
99	Unspecified	127383	24.5%

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.

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