Mortality and Causes of Death 2014
South Africa, 2014
Get MicrodataCreated on
Mar 22, 2021
Last modified
Mar 22, 2021
Page views
1528
- Data files
- mcd_2014_v1_20160316
Ascertainment of the cause of death (Ascertainment)
Data file: mcd_2014_v1_20160316
Overview
Valid:
467773
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
68
End:
69
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autopsy | 39606 |
8.5%
|
| 2 | Post mortem examination | 109329 |
23.4%
|
| 3 | Opinion of attending medical practitioner | 81692 |
17.5%
|
| 4 | Opinion of attending medical practitioner on duty | 11807 |
2.5%
|
| 5 | Opinion of registered professional nurse | 52074 |
11.1%
|
| 6 | Interview of family member | 9842 |
2.1%
|
| 7 | Other | 6604 |
1.4%
|
| 8 | Autopsy results may be available later | 178 |
0%
|
| 9 | Autopsy not performed | 4223 |
0.9%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 3530 |
0.8%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 148888 |
31.8%
|
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.