Mortality and Causes of Death 1997-2020

South Africa, 1997 - 2020

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zaf-statssa-mcd-1997-2020-v1

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Statistics South Africa, Department of Home Affairs

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Province of death occurrence (DeathProvince)

Data file: mcd-1997-2020-deceased-v1

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Valid: 1000

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 16

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Western Cape	104	10.4%
2	Eastern Cape	148	14.8%
3	Northern Cape	30	3%
4	Free State	80	8%
5	KwaZulu-Natal	244	24.4%
6	North West	76	7.6%
7	Gauteng	192	19.2%
8	Mpumalanga	56	5.6%
9	Limpopo	70	7%
96	Unknown	0	0%
98	Outside South Africa	0	0%
99	Unspecified	0	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.

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