Mortality and Causes of Death 2012

South Africa, 2012

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ZAF_2012_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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Jan 20, 2021

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Ascertainment of the cause of death (Ascertainment)

Data file: mcd_2012_v1_20150508

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Valid: 494877

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 99

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 49

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Autopsy	41860	8.5%
2	Post mortem examination	103390	20.9%
3	Opinion of attending medical practitioner	101452	20.5%
4	Opinion of attending medical practitioner on duty	22027	4.5%
5	Opinion of registered professional nurse	51533	10.4%
6	Interview of family member	19890	4%
7	Other	7195	1.5%
8	Autopsy results may be available later	166	0%
9	Autopsy not performed	3903	0.8%
98	Unknown	4089	0.8%
99	Unspecified	139372	28.2%

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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