Mortality and Causes of Death 2021-2022

South Africa, 2021 - 2022

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zaf-statssa-mcd-2021-2022-v1

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Statistics South Africa

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Nov 13, 2025

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Nov 13, 2025

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Sex of deceased (Sex)

Data file: mcd-2021-deceased

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Valid: 674761

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 16

loc_end_pos: 16

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Male	343881	51%
2	Female	330118	48.9%
3	Undeterminable	190	0%
9	Unspecified	572	0.1%

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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