Mortality and Causes of Death 2021-2022
South Africa, 2021 - 2022
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Reference ID
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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Relationship of informant to deceased (Relationship)
Data file: mcd-2021-deceased
Overview
Valid:
674761
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
18
loc_end_pos:
18
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parent | 178514 |
26.5%
|
| 2 | Spouse | 55554 |
8.2%
|
| 3 | Child | 63533 |
9.4%
|
| 4 | Other kin | 250790 |
37.2%
|
| 5 | Other | 190 |
0%
|
| 9 | Unspecified | 126180 |
18.7%
|
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.