Mortality and Causes of Death 1997-2017
South Africa, 1997 - 2017
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Place of death (DeathInst)
Data file: mcd-1997-2017-v1
Overview
Valid:
10780692
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hospital | 4653147 |
43.2%
|
| 2 | Emergency room/Outpatient | 181691 |
1.7%
|
| 3 | Dead on arrival | 246091 |
2.3%
|
| 4 | Nursing home | 227393 |
2.1%
|
| 5 | Home | 2942115 |
27.3%
|
| 6 | Other | 401629 |
3.7%
|
| 8 | Unknown | 272308 |
2.5%
|
| 9 | Unspecified | 1856318 |
17.2%
|
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.