Mortality and Causes of Death 2021-2022
South Africa, 2021 - 2022
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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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Place of death (DeathInst)
Data file: mcd-2022-deceased
Overview
Valid:
515177
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
38
loc_end_pos:
38
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hospital | 203460 |
39.5%
|
| 2 | Emergency room/Outpatient | 11222 |
2.2%
|
| 3 | Dead on arrival | 12414 |
2.4%
|
| 4 | Nursing home | 7229 |
1.4%
|
| 5 | Home | 124425 |
24.2%
|
| 6 | Other | 10458 |
2%
|
| 8 | Unknown | 1077 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | Unspecified | 144892 |
28.1%
|
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.