Mortality and Causes of Death 2013
South Africa, 2013
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- mcd_2013_v1_20150508
Ascertainment of the cause of death (Ascertainment)
Data file: mcd_2013_v1_20150508
Overview
Valid:
473537
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
68
End:
69
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autopsy | 40836 |
8.6%
|
| 2 | Post mortem examination | 105206 |
22.2%
|
| 3 | Opinion of attending medical practitioner | 90280 |
19.1%
|
| 4 | Opinion of attending medical practitioner on duty | 15768 |
3.3%
|
| 5 | Opinion of registered professional nurse | 51737 |
10.9%
|
| 6 | Interview of family member | 13339 |
2.8%
|
| 7 | Other | 5919 |
1.2%
|
| 8 | Autopsy results may be available later | 174 |
0%
|
| 9 | Autopsy not performed | 4218 |
0.9%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 3143 |
0.7%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 142917 |
30.2%
|
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.