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
Last modified
Nov 13, 2025
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Province of usual residence of the deceased (ResProvince)
Data file: mcd-2021-deceased
Overview
Valid:
674761
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
36
loc_end_pos:
37
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Cape | 72514 |
10.7%
|
| 2 | Eastern Cape | 110115 |
16.3%
|
| 3 | Northern Cape | 19463 |
2.9%
|
| 4 | Free State | 41852 |
6.2%
|
| 5 | KwaZulu-Natal | 120807 |
17.9%
|
| 6 | North West | 47055 |
7%
|
| 7 | Gauteng | 141194 |
20.9%
|
| 8 | Mpumalanga | 45450 |
6.7%
|
| 9 | Limpopo | 68609 |
10.2%
|
| 98 | 1533 |
0.2%
|
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 6169 |
0.9%
|
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.