DataFirst 2026-09 MetadataEditor 2 This previous version included mortality and causes of death data recorded in 2021 and 2022. This version was updated by appending Mortality and Causes of death data for 2023. Therefore, this data covers mortality and causes of death information recorded between 2021 and 2023. Mortality and Causes of Death 2021-2023 MCD 2021-2023 zaf-statssa-mcd-2021-2023-v1.1 Statistics South Africa Department of Home Affairs MetadataEditor DataFirst DataFirst Helpdesk Statistics South Africa Mortality and Causes of Death Version 1.1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution Statistics South Africa Mortality Causes of death South Africa The data has national coverage Administrative records Trend study [trend study] Department of Home Affairs Other DataFirst Support mcd-statssa-2021-2023-v1_1 0 43 Serial number00 Death type (Individual death/Stillbirth)00<NA><NA><NA><NA>1Individual death2Stillbirth Age in completed 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   NTC112Std 9 Gr 11    Form 4    NTC213Std 10 Gr 12    Form 5    NTC314University / Technickon97Unknown98Not applicable99Unspecified Groups of occupation of deceased00<NA><NA><NA><NA>0Occupations unspecified and not elsewhere specified and not economically active persons1Managers2Professionals3Technicians and associate professionals4Clerical support workers5Service and sales workers and armed forces6Skilled agricultural and fishery workers7Craft and related trade workers8Plant and machine operators and assemblers9Elementary occupations99Unspecified Type of business / industry where the deceased was working00<NA><NA><NA><NA>0Private household, exterritorial organisations, representatives of foreign governments & other activities not adequately defined1Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing2Mining and quarrying3Manufacturing4Electricity, gas and water supply5Construction6Wholesale and retail; repair of motor cycles and personal and household goods; hotels and restaurants7Transport storage and communication8Financial intermediation insurance, real estate and business services9Community, social and personal services97Unknown98Not applicable99Unspecified Ascertainment of the cause of death00<NA><NA><NA><NA>1Autopsy2Post mortem examination3Opinion of attending medical practitioner4Opinion of attending medical practitioner on duty5Opinion of registered professional nurse6Interview of family member7Other8Autopsy results may be available later9Autopsy not performed98Unknown99Unspecified Smoking status of deceased00<NA><NA><NA><NA>1Yes2No3Do not know4Not applicable9Unspecified Pregnancy status of deceased00<NA><NA><NA><NA>1Yes2No8Unknown9Unspecified Population group00<NA><NA><NA><NA>1Black African2White3Indian or Asian4Coloured5Other9Unspecified Citizenship of deceased00<NA><NA><NA><NA>1South Africa2Zimbabwe3Swaziland4Botswana5Lesotho6Mozambique7Namibia8Mauritius9Angola10Zambia11Malawi12Tanzania13Madagascar14DRC15Other97Unknown99Unspecified Province of birth of the deceased00<NA><NA><NA><NA>1Western Cape2Eastern Cape3Northern Cape4Free State5KwaZulu-Natal6North West7Gauteng8Mpumalanga9Limpopo98Outside South Africa99Unspecified Province of death occurrence00<NA><NA><NA><NA>1Western Cape2Eastern Cape3Northern Cape4Free State5KwaZulu-Natal6North West7Gauteng8Mpumalanga9Limpopo98Outside South Africa99Unspecified Province of usual residence of the deceased00<NA><NA><NA><NA>1Western Cape2Eastern Cape3Northern Cape4Free State5KwaZulu-Natal6North West7Gauteng8Mpumalanga9Limpopo99Unspecified Place of death00<NA><NA><NA><NA>1Hospital2Emergency room/Outpatient3Dead on arrival4Nursing home5Home6Other8Unknown9Unspecified Natural/non-natural underlying causes of death00<NA><NA><NA><NA>1Natural underlying cause2Non-natural underlying cause Birth weight in 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Cause provided on part 2 of the death notification form00 Injury codes for cause on part 200 Underlying cause of death00 UnderlyingBroadGrp00 UnderlyingMainGrp00