Mortality and Causes of Death 2008

South Africa, 2008

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Reference ID

ZAF_2008_MCD_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa, South Africa. Department of Home Affairs

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Mar 22, 2021

Last modified

Mar 22, 2021

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Data file: CausesOfDeath2008_F1.dta

Overview

Valid: 606699

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 37

End: 37

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	61576	10.1%
2	No	147970	24.4%
3	Do not know	22501	3.7%
4	Not applicable (aged 15 years and younger)	85459	14.1%
8	Unknown	844	0.1%
9	Unspecified	288349	47.5%

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.

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