Mortality and Causes of Death 2009
South Africa, 2009
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Mar 22, 2021
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- MCDDN 2009_v1
Ascertainment of the cause of death (Ascertainment)
Data file: MCDDN 2009_v1
Overview
Valid:
586026
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
64
End:
64
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autopsy | 49438 |
8.4%
|
| 2 | Opinion of attending medical practitioner | 195343 |
33.3%
|
| 3 | Opinion of attending medical practitioner on duty | 102224 |
17.4%
|
| 4 | Opinion of registered professional nurse | 13572 |
2.3%
|
| 5 | Interview of family member | 85703 |
14.6%
|
| 6 | Other | 12800 |
2.2%
|
| 8 | Unknown | 2277 |
0.4%
|
| 9 | Unspecified | 124669 |
21.3%
|
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.