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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Province of birth of the deceased (BirthProvince)
Data file: mcd-2021-deceased
Overview
Valid:
674761
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
32
loc_end_pos:
33
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Cape | 39969 |
5.9%
|
| 2 | Eastern Cape | 98040 |
14.5%
|
| 3 | Northern Cape | 16626 |
2.5%
|
| 4 | Free State | 38095 |
5.6%
|
| 5 | KwaZulu-Natal | 100166 |
14.8%
|
| 6 | North West | 37749 |
5.6%
|
| 7 | Gauteng | 61037 |
9%
|
| 8 | Mpumalanga | 36820 |
5.5%
|
| 9 | Limpopo | 65702 |
9.7%
|
| 98 | Outside South Africa | 19920 |
3%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 160637 |
23.8%
|
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.