Mortality and Causes of Death 2021-2022
South Africa, 2021 - 2022
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Reference ID
zaf-statssa-mcd-2021-2022-v1
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
Metadata
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Nov 13, 2025
Last modified
Nov 13, 2025
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Type of business / industry where the deceased was working (Industry)
Data file: mcd-2021-deceased
Overview
Valid:
674761
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
23
loc_end_pos:
24
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Private household, exterritorial organisations, representatives of foreign governments & other activities not adequately defined | 15156 |
2.2%
|
| 1 | Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing | 8059 |
1.2%
|
| 2 | Mining and quarrying | 4896 |
0.7%
|
| 3 | Manufacturing | 4815 |
0.7%
|
| 4 | Electricity, gas and water supply | 1999 |
0.3%
|
| 5 | Construction | 6041 |
0.9%
|
| 6 | Wholesale and retail; repair of motor cycles and personal and household goods; hotels and restaurants | 8228 |
1.2%
|
| 7 | Transport storage and communication | 5943 |
0.9%
|
| 8 | Financial intermediation insurance, real estate and business services | 3924 |
0.6%
|
| 9 | Community, social and personal services | 20030 |
3%
|
| 97 | Unknown | 1339 |
0.2%
|
| 98 | Not applicable | 55232 |
8.2%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 539099 |
79.9%
|
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.