Mortality and Causes of Death from Death Notification 1997-2005
DDI_ZAF_2012_MCD_v01_M
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ZAF_2012_MCD_v01_M
Mortality and Causes of Death 2012
MCD 2012
Statistics South Africa
Department of Home Affairs
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Statistics South Africa. Mortality and Causes of Death 2012 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2014. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2015. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/q04j-bw82
Version 01: Edited, anonymized dataset for public distribution.
Version 1 of the dataset was downloaded from Statistics South Africa's website on the 8th of May 2015.
Morbidity
Mortality
This dataset contains statistics on deaths in South Africa in 2012. The registration of deaths in South Africa is regulated by the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 51 of 1992. The South African Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is responsible for the registration of deaths in South Africa. The data is collected with two instruments: The death register and the medical certificate in respect of death. The staff of the DHA Registrar of Deaths section fills in the former while the medical practitioner attending to the death completes the latter. Causes of death are coded by the Department of Home Affairs according to the tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) ICD-10, as required by the World Health Organization for their member countries. The data is used by the Department of Home Affairs to update the Population Register. The forms are sent to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) for their use for statistical purposes. From the two forms sent to Stats SA, the following data items of the deceased are extracted: place of residence, place of death, date of death, month and year of registration, sex, marital status, occupation, underlying cause of death, whether or not the death was certified by a medical practitioner, and whether or not the deceased died in a health institution or nursing home. From 1991 death notifications do not require data on population group, and therefore this dataset includes death data for all population groups. This dataset excludes 2012 deaths that were not registered, and late registrations which would not have been available to Stats SA in time for the production of the dataset.
South Africa
National coverage
The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is province.
Individuals
The data covers all deaths that occurred in 2012 and registered at the Department of Home Affairs in South Africa.
Administrative records data [adm]
The study provides data on cause of death for deaths that occurred in South Africa in 2012 and were registered by the Department of Home Affairs. Other data collected on the deceased includes age, education, marital status, and place of birth and death.
Other [oth]
The data is collected with two instruments: the death register and the medical certificate in respect of death.
DataFirst
Statistics South Africa. Mortality and Causes of Death 2012 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2014. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2015. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/q04j-bw82
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mcd_2012_v1_20150508.NSDstat
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2012 Mortality and Causes of Death data.
Unique sequence number
494877
20120000001
20120504000
Type of death
494877
1
2
1
Individual death
480476
2
Stillbirth
14401
Year of death
494877
2012
2012
2012
494877
Month of death
494877
1
12
1
January
40926
2
February
37942
3
March
39471
4
April
39955
5
May
41529
6
June
44068
7
July
46857
8
August
46689
9
September
40036
10
October
39136
11
November
37938
12
December
40330
Day of death
494877
1
31
1
16757
2
16733
3
16941
4
16913
5
16569
6
16555
7
16322
8
16634
9
16548
10
16744
11
15999
12
17775
13
16190
14
15802
15
16134
16
16185
17
16157
18
15752
19
15846
20
16093
21
16005
22
15974
23
15854
24
15679
25
15957
26
15421
27
15772
28
15454
29
15934
30
15033
31
9145
Year of birth
494877
1890
9999
Month of birth
494877
1
99
1
January
49081
2
February
38899
3
March
44647
4
April
41261
5
May
39542
6
June
46518
7
July
38463
8
August
39523
9
September
39792
10
October
38725
11
November
35293
12
December
39935
99
Unspecified
3198
Day of birth
494877
1
99
1
26284
2
19294
3
18692
4
18472
5
18493
6
18583
7
16644
8
15755
9
14916
10
22024
11
16154
12
19636
13
14036
14
15189
15
18377
16
17194
17
14391
18
13989
19
12975
20
16329
21
13353
22
13556
23
13955
24
14523
25
16729
26
13921
27
13825
28
15124
29
11804
30
11182
31
6280
99
Unspecified
3198
Age in completed years
494877
0
999
999
Unspecified
2772
Year of death registration
494877
2012
2014
2012
488075
2013
6786
2014
16
Month of death registration
494877
1
12
1
January
41227
2
February
37637
3
March
38110
4
April
39276
5
May
42556
6
June
42160
7
July
48301
8
August
47667
9
September
38515
10
October
42075
11
November
38217
12
December
39136
Day of death registration
494877
1
31
1
10784
2
18192
3
18624
4
15796
5
16931
6
17841
7
14964
8
13289
9
14546
10
22140
11
15584
12
17731
13
19221
14
14703
15
12958
16
18166
17
14859
18
17330
19
17524
20
18589
21
13342
22
13517
23
18360
24
14173
25
15133
26
15281
27
19325
28
15220
29
12877
30
17364
31
10513
Sex of deceased
494877
1
9
1
Male
257509
2
Female
234504
9
Unspecified
2864
Marital status of deceased
494877
1
9
1
Never married
234816
2
Married
112495
3
Widowed
45971
4
Divorced
8607
5
Not applicable
14401
8
Unknown
894
9
Unspecified
77693
Relationship of informant to deceased
494877
1
9
1
Parent
89811
2
Spouse
36575
3
Child
82026
4
Other kin
27948
5
Other
183535
8
Unknown
840
9
Unspecified
74142
Next of kin a smoker
494877
1
9
1
Smoking
12505
2
Not smoking
51744
3
Refused to answer
1570
8
Unknown
105
9
Unspecified
428953
Education of deceased
494877
0
99
0
None
76344
1
Grade R
2359
2
Sub A Gr1
3707
3
Sub B Gr2
5433
4
Std 1 Gr3
7547
5
Std 2 Gr4
11949
6
Std 3 Gr5
10996
7
Std 4 Gr6
13434
8
Std 5 Gr7
17111
9
Std 6 Gr8
21458
10
Std 7 Gr9
11790
11
Std 8 Gr10 Form3 NTC1
21219
12
Std 9 Gr11 Form4 NTC2
13038
13
Std 10 Gr12 Form5 NTC3
36128
14
University/Tech
8587
97
Unknown
16039
98
Not applicable
14401
99
Unspecified
203337
Occupation of deceased
494877
8
99
8
Occupations unspecified not elsewhere classified
313787
9
Not economically active persons
57506
11
Chief executives, senior officials and legislators
390
12
Administrative and commercial managers
305
13
Production and specialised services managers
315
14
Hospitality, retail and other services managers
1006
21
Science and engineering professionals
758
22
Health professionals
1447
23
Teaching professionals
2718
24
Business and administration professionals
1776
25
Information and Communication Technology professionals
65
26
Legal, social and cultural professionals
541
31
Science and engineering associate professionals
720
32
Health associate professionals
281
33
Business and administration associate professionals
897
34
Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals
383
35
Information and communications technicians
84
41
General and keyboard clerks
2081
42
Customer services clerks
435
43
Numerical and material recording clerks
168
44
Other clerical support workers
75
51
Personal services workers
1345
52
Sales workers
1870
53
Personal care workers
234
54
Protective service workers and armed forces occupations
3892
61
Market-orientated skilled agricultural workers
483
62
Market-orientated skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers
2006
63
Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers
905
71
Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians
2839
72
Metal, machinery and related trades workers
2151
73
Handicraft and printing workers
212
74
Electrical and electronic trades workers
838
75
Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and related trades workers
619
81
Stationary plant and machine operators
3364
82
Assemblers
21
83
Drivers and mobile plant operators
4581
91
Cleaners and helpers
9282
92
Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers
1854
93
Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport
1381
94
Food preparation assistants
24
95
Street and related sales and service workers
151
96
Refuse workers and other elementary workers
10954
98
Not applicable
60124
99
Underground economy and related activities
9
Groups of occupation of deceased
494877
0
99
0
Armed forces, occupations unspecified and not elsewhere classified, and not economically active persons
371293
1
Legislators, senior officials and managers
2016
2
Professionals
7305
3
Technicians and associate professionals
2365
4
Clerks
2759
5
Service workers, shop and market sales workers
7341
6
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
3394
7
Craft and related trade workers
6659
8
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
7966
9
Elementary occupations
23655
99
Not applicable
60124
Industry of deceased
494877
10
998
Smoking status of deceased
494877
1
9
1
Yes
74160
2
No
167317
3
Do not know
79811
4
Not applicable
5163
8
Unknown
284
9
Unspecified
168142
Pregnant status of deceased
494877
1
9
1
Yes
1305
2
No
21870
3
Not applicable
393585
8
Unknown
1177
9
Unspecified
76940
Citizenship of deceased
494877
1
99
1
South Africa
473210
2
Zimbabwe
3731
3
Swaziland
313
4
Botswana
132
5
Lesotho
1250
6
Mozambique
1913
7
Namibia
37
8
Mauritius
10
9
Angola
67
10
Zambia
67
11
Malawi
474
12
Tanzania
40
13
Madagascar
5
14
DRC
96
15
Other
1686
97
Unknown
482
99
Unspecified
11364
Province of birth of the deceased
494877
1
99
1
Western Cape
27147
2
Eastern Cape
69541
3
Northern Cape
13591
4
Free State
34389
5
KwaZulu-Natal
85283
6
North West
31871
7
Gauteng
50675
8
Mpumalanga
33978
9
Limpopo
49939
97
Unknown
17688
98
Outside South Africa
14245
99
Unspecified
66530
Province of death occurrence
494877
1
99
1
Western Cape
47609
2
Eastern Cape
66200
3
Northern Cape
14379
4
Free State
36219
5
KwaZulu-Natal
100185
6
North West
37030
7
Gauteng
102011
8
Mpumalanga
37401
9
Limpopo
50397
97
Unknown
2251
98
Outside South Africa
700
99
Unspecified
495
Province of usual residence of the deceased
494877
1
99
1
Western Cape
45469
2
Eastern Cape
64362
3
Northern Cape
14133
4
Free State
35518
5
KwaZulu-Natal
98406
6
North West
36238
7
Gauteng
96872
8
Mpumalanga
38378
9
Limpopo
48491
97
1060
98
Outside South Africa
1131
99
Unspecified
14819
Country of usual residence of deceased
494877
1
99
1
South Africa
479731
2
Zimbabwe
88
3
Swaziland
16
4
Botswana
6
5
Lesotho
65
6
Mozambique
44
7
Namibia
6
8
Mauritius
1
9
Angola
10
10
Zambia
1
11
Malawi
5
12
Tanzania
1
13
Madagascar
0
14
DRC
1
15
Other
38
97
Unknown
97
99
Unspecified
14767
Ascertainment of the cause of death
494877
1
99
1
Autopsy
41860
2
Post mortem examination
103390
3
Opinion of attending medical practitioner
101452
4
Opinion of attending medical practitioner on duty
22027
5
Opinion of registered professional nurse
51533
6
Interview of family member
19890
7
Other
7195
8
Autopsy results may be available later
166
9
Autopsy not performed
3903
98
Unknown
4089
99
Unspecified
139372
Place of death
494877
1
9
1
Hospital
214763
2
Emergency room/Outpatient
8229
3
Dead on arrival
9446
4
Nursing home
9747
5
Home
120053
6
Other
13774
8
Unknown
695
9
Unspecified
118170
Immediate cause of death
494877
Injury codes for the immediate cause of death
494877
Second condition leading to death
494877
Injury codes for the second condition leading to death
494877
Third condition leading to death
494877
Injury codes for the third condition leading to death
494877
Fourth condition leading to death
494877
Injury codes for the fourth condition leading to death
494877
Other conditions leading to death
494877
Injury codes for other conditions leading to death
494877
111
4856
888
489818
S06
1
S09
4
S12
2
S27
1
S32
1
S72
15
S82
2
T06
1
T09
1
T14
3
T17
4
T24
1
T30
3
T36
1
T37
34
T39
1
T40
1
T45
11
T49
1
T50
2
T59
1
T62
6
T65
11
T74
3
T78
1
T81
38
T82
13
T84
4
T85
3
T86
2
T87
21
T88
6
T90
1
T98
3
First cause provided on part 2 of the death notification form
494877
Injury codes for first cause on part 2
494877
111
1063
888
493796
S09
1
S42
1
S72
6
T02
1
T37
1
T45
1
T81
5
T87
1
T88
1
Second cause provided on part 2 of the death notification form
494877
888
494859
B24
1
B37
1
C22
1
D84
2
E14
2
E78
1
F03
1
I10
3
I20
1
J44
1
K81
1
M06
1
N19
1
Y83
1
Injury codes for second cause on part 2
494877
111
17
888
494859
T81
1
Underlying cause of death
494877
Broad groups of the underlying causes of death
494877
Main groups of the underlying causes of death
494877
8888888
14401
A00-B99
106752
C00-D48
37467
D50-D89
14140
E00-E90
27834
F00-F99
1755
G00-G99
11914
H00-H59
40
H60-H95
57
I00-I99
78817
J00-J99
52203
K00-K93
12478
L00-L99
1160
M00-M99
1613
N00-N99
8381
O00-O99
1018
P00-P96
10213
Q00-Q99
2038
R00-R99
65376
V01-Y98
47220
Natural/non-natural underlying causes of death
494877
1
8
1
Natural underlying cause
433256
2
Non-natural underlying cause
47220
8
Stillbirth
14401