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
Metadata
Created on
Nov 13, 2025
Last modified
Nov 13, 2025
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Province of death occurrence (DeathProvince)
Data file: mcd-2021-deceased
Overview
Valid:
674761
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
34
loc_end_pos:
35
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Cape | 74126 |
11%
|
| 2 | Eastern Cape | 110853 |
16.4%
|
| 3 | Northern Cape | 19808 |
2.9%
|
| 4 | Free State | 42256 |
6.3%
|
| 5 | KwaZulu-Natal | 122146 |
18.1%
|
| 6 | North West | 46241 |
6.9%
|
| 7 | Gauteng | 146012 |
21.6%
|
| 8 | Mpumalanga | 44096 |
6.5%
|
| 9 | Limpopo | 67810 |
10%
|
| 98 | Outside South Africa | 1354 |
0.2%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 59 |
0%
|
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.