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Recorded Deaths 1996

South Africa, 1996
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zaf-statssa-rd-1996-v1
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    Survey ID number

    zaf-statssa-rd-1996-v1

    Title

    Recorded Deaths 1996

    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type

    Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey [hh/sems]

    Series Information

    Statistics South Africa. Recorded Deaths 1996 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2000. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/5439-t435

    Abstract

    This dataset contains statistics on deaths in South Africa in 1996. The registration of deaths in South Africa is regulated by the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 51 of 1992. The South African Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is responsible for the registration of deaths in South Africa. The data is collected with two instruments: The death register and the medical certificate in respect of death.The staff of the DHA Registrar of Deaths section fills in the former while the medical practitioner attending to the death completes the latter. Causes of death are coded by the Department of Home Affairs according to the tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) ICD-10, as required by the World Health Organisation for their member countries. The data is used by the Department of Home Affairs to update the Population Register. The forms are sent to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) for their use for statistical purposes. From the two forms sent to Stats SA, the following data items of the deceased are extracted: place of residence, place of death, date of death, month and year of registration, sex, marital status, occupation, underlying cause of death, whether or not the death was certified by a medical practitioner, and whether or not the deceased died in a health institution or nursing home. From 1991 death notifications did not require data on population group, and therefore this dataset includes death data for all population groups.

    Kind of Data

    Administrative records

    Unit of Analysis

    Individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    v1: Edited, anonymised data for licensed distribution

    Version Date

    2000

    Scope

    Notes

    The data covers causes of death in South Africa in 1996

    Keywords
    mortality morbitity

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey has national coverage

    Geographic Unit

    The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is province.

    Universe

    The data covers the death records of all South Africans

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    Primary investigators
    Name
    Statistics South Africa

    Data Collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    1996 1996

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za support@data1st.org
    Access conditions

    Public use files, available to all

    Citation requirements

    Statistics South Africa. Recorded Deaths 1996 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2000. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/5439-t435

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Copyright

    Copyright, Statistics South Africa

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst Helpdesk University of Cape Town support@data1st.org http://support.data1st.org/

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    ddi-zaf-ssa-rd-1996-v2

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production

    2020-06-24

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 4

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