Mortality and Causes of Death 2021-2022
South Africa, 2021 - 2022
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Reference ID
zaf-statssa-mcd-2021-2022-v1
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
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Created on
Nov 13, 2025
Last modified
Nov 13, 2025
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Population group (PopGroup)
Data file: mcd-2021-deceased
Overview
Valid:
674761
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
29
loc_end_pos:
29
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black African | 444621 |
65.9%
|
| 2 | White | 63222 |
9.4%
|
| 3 | Indian or Asian | 16421 |
2.4%
|
| 4 | Coloured | 50901 |
7.5%
|
| 5 | Other | 1130 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | Unspecified | 98466 |
14.6%
|
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.