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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Groups of occupation of deceased (OccupationGrp)
Data file: mcd-2021-deceased
Overview
Valid:
674761
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
21
loc_end_pos:
22
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Occupations unspecified and not elsewhere specified and not economically active persons | 20619 |
3.1%
|
| 1 | Managers | 5533 |
0.8%
|
| 2 | Professionals | 5090 |
0.8%
|
| 3 | Technicians and associate professionals | 6687 |
1%
|
| 4 | Clerical support workers | 6265 |
0.9%
|
| 5 | Service and sales workers and armed forces | 9251 |
1.4%
|
| 6 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | 1858 |
0.3%
|
| 7 | Craft and related trade workers | 7434 |
1.1%
|
| 8 | Plant and machine operators and assemblers | 419308 |
62.1%
|
| 9 | Elementary occupations | 138677 |
20.6%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 54039 |
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.