Mortality and Causes of Death 2012
South Africa, 2012
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Mar 22, 2021
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- mcd_2012_v1_20150508
Ascertainment of the cause of death (Ascertainment)
Data file: mcd_2012_v1_20150508
Overview
Valid:
494877
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
49
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autopsy | 41860 |
8.5%
|
| 2 | Post mortem examination | 103390 |
20.9%
|
| 3 | Opinion of attending medical practitioner | 101452 |
20.5%
|
| 4 | Opinion of attending medical practitioner on duty | 22027 |
4.5%
|
| 5 | Opinion of registered professional nurse | 51533 |
10.4%
|
| 6 | Interview of family member | 19890 |
4%
|
| 7 | Other | 7195 |
1.5%
|
| 8 | Autopsy results may be available later | 166 |
0%
|
| 9 | Autopsy not performed | 3903 |
0.8%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 4089 |
0.8%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 139372 |
28.2%
|
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.