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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Marital status of deceased (MStatus)
Data file: mcd-2022-deceased
Overview
Valid:
515177
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
17
loc_end_pos:
17
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never married | 188687 |
36.6%
|
| 2 | Married | 104270 |
20.2%
|
| 3 | Widowed | 51110 |
9.9%
|
| 4 | Divorced | 11089 |
2.2%
|
| 5 | Not applicable | 50743 |
9.8%
|
| 9 | Unspecified | 109278 |
21.2%
|
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.