Mortality and Causes of Death 2011
South Africa, 2011
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- mcd-2011-v1.dta
Ascertainment of the cause of death (Ascertainment)
Data file: mcd-2011-v1.dta
Overview
Valid:
519655
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
65
End:
66
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autopsy | 43443 |
8.4%
|
| 2 | Post mortem examination | 79319 |
15.3%
|
| 3 | Opinion of attending medical practitioner | 132957 |
25.6%
|
| 4 | Opinion of attending medical practitioner on duty | 42880 |
8.3%
|
| 5 | Opinion of registered professional nurse | 41472 |
8%
|
| 6 | Interview of family member | 38329 |
7.4%
|
| 7 | Other | 7209 |
1.4%
|
| 8 | Autopsy results may be available later | 133 |
0%
|
| 9 | Autopsy not performed | 2589 |
0.5%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 3941 |
0.8%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 127383 |
24.5%
|
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.