Mortality and Causes of Death 2010
South Africa, 2010
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- MCDDN 2010_v1
Ascertainment of the cause of death (Ascertainment)
Data file: MCDDN 2010_v1
Overview
Valid:
558719
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
63
End:
64
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autopsy | 47325 |
8.5%
|
| 2 | Post mortem examination | 18562 |
3.3%
|
| 3 | Opinion of attending medical practitioner | 173895 |
31.1%
|
| 4 | Opinion of attending medical practitioner on duty | 86349 |
15.5%
|
| 5 | Opinion of registered professional nurse | 21726 |
3.9%
|
| 6 | Interview of family member | 70421 |
12.6%
|
| 7 | Other | 10481 |
1.9%
|
| 8 | Autopsy results may be available later | 27 |
0%
|
| 9 | Autopsy not performed | 484 |
0.1%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 2783 |
0.5%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 126666 |
22.7%
|
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.