Mortality and Causes of Death 1997-2020
South Africa, 1997 - 2020
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Reference ID
zaf-statssa-mcd-1997-2020-v1
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Statistics South Africa, Department of Home Affairs
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Oct 02, 2020
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Ascertainment of the cause of death (Ascertainment)
Data file: mcd-1997-2020-deceased-v1
Overview
Valid:
1000
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
16
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autopsy | 0 |
0%
|
| 2 | Post mortem examination | 0 |
0%
|
| 3 | Opinion of attending medical practitioner | 0 |
0%
|
| 4 | Opinion of attending medical practitioner on duty | 0 |
0%
|
| 5 | Opinion of registered professional nurse | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | Interview of family member | 0 |
0%
|
| 7 | Other | 0 |
0%
|
| 8 | Autopsy results may be available later | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Autopsy not performed | 1000 |
100%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 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.