Mortality and Causes of Death from Death Notification 1997-2005 DDI_ZAF_2008_MCD_v01_M DataFirst 2021-02-04 Metadata Editor Version 01: This metadata was downloaded from DataFirst Open Data Portal (https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/central). The following two metadata information have been edited – Document and Survey ID. ZAF_2008_MCD_v01_M Mortality and Causes of Death 2008 MCD 2008 Statistics South Africa South Africa. Department of Home Affairs Copyright, Statistics South Africa Metadata Editor DataFirst Helpdesk Administrative Records, Health (ad/hea] Statistics South Africa. Mortality and Causes of Death 2008 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2010. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/1f2m-5587 Version 01: Edited, anonymised data for licensed distribution This version (Version 1) of the dataset was downloaded from Statistics South Africa's website on the 5th of July 2013. morbidity and mortality [14.4] This dataset contains statistics on deaths in South Africa in 2008. The registration of deaths in South Africa is regulated by the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 51 of 1992. The South African Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is responsible for the registration of deaths in South Africa. The data is collected with two instruments: The death register and the medical certificate in respect of death. The staff of the DHA Registrar of Deaths section fills in the former while the medical practitioner attending to the death completes the latter. Causes of death are coded by the Department of Home Affairs according to the tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) ICD-10, as required by the World Health Organization for their member countries. The data is used by the Department of Home Affairs to update the Population Register. The forms are sent to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) for their use for statistical purposes. From the two forms sent to Stats SA, the following data items of the deceased are extracted: place of residence, place of death, date of death, month and year of registration, sex, marital status, occupation, underlying cause of death, whether or not the death was certified by a medical practitioner, and whether or not the deceased died in a health institution or nursing home. From 1991 death notifications do not require data on population group, and therefore this dataset includes death data for all population groups. This dataset excludes 2010 deaths that were not registered, and late registrations which would not have been available to Stats SA in time for the production of the dataset. South Africa National coverage Geographic breakdown of the data is by province and magisterial district, as well as urban, non-urban area. Individuals The data covers all deaths that occurred in 2008 and registered at the Department of Home Affairs. Administrative records data [adm] The study provides data on cause of death for deaths that occurred in South Africa in 2008 and were registered by the Department of Home Affairs. Other data collected on the deceased includes age, education, marital status, and place of birth and death. Other [oth] The data is collected with notification / death register / still birth instrument. DataFirst Statistics South Africa. Mortality and Causes of Death 2008 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2010. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/1f2m-5587 Licensed dataset, accessible under conditions CausesOfDeath2008_F1.dta 606699 32 .dta 2008 Mortality and Causes of Death data. Unique sequence number 606699 20080000001 20080611100 Type of death 606699 1 2 1 Individual 592073 2 Stillborn 14626 Year of death 606699 2008 2008 2008 2008 606699 Month of death 606699 1 12 1 January 51278 2 February 47891 3 March 50694 4 April 49497 5 May 52652 6 June 52893 7 July 55172 8 August 53210 9 September 49419 10 October 48934 11 November 46163 12 December 48896 Age in completed years 606699 0 999 0 0 59942 1 1 9168 2 2 3142 3 3 1759 4 4 1263 5 5 1099 6 6 1022 7 7 998 8 8 949 9 9 930 10 10 812 11 11 765 12 12 725 13 13 834 14 14 962 15 15 1094 16 16 1399 17 17 1738 18 18 2120 19 19 2577 20 20 3151 21 21 3852 22 22 4687 23 23 5462 24 24 6326 25 25 7363 26 26 7777 27 27 8232 28 28 9134 29 29 9283 30 30 9840 31 31 10266 32 32 11057 33 33 11478 34 34 11168 35 35 11213 36 36 10547 37 37 10059 38 38 11038 39 39 10347 40 40 9704 41 41 8836 42 42 9007 43 43 9198 44 44 9327 45 45 9299 46 46 8472 47 47 8054 48 48 8277 49 49 8060 50 50 8196 51 51 7833 52 52 7426 53 53 7245 54 54 7432 55 55 7773 56 56 7304 57 57 6765 58 58 7541 59 59 7016 60 60 6810 61 61 6652 62 62 6142 63 63 6061 64 64 5850 65 65 6298 66 66 6513 67 67 6813 68 68 7461 69 69 6437 70 70 6146 71 71 6027 72 72 6195 73 73 5497 74 74 5474 75 75 5750 76 76 5273 77 77 5908 78 78 6993 79 79 5717 80 80 5262 81 81 4731 82 82 4571 83 83 4467 84 84 3775 85 85 3328 86 86 3130 87 87 3748 88 88 3609 89 89 3283 90 90 2956 91 91 1545 92 92 1382 93 93 1426 94 94 1364 95 95 821 96 96 717 97 97 672 98 98 651 99 99 529 100 100 463 101 101 230 102 102 144 103 103 114 104 104 102 105 105 81 106 106 81 107 107 86 108 108 47 109 109 9 110 110 4 111 111 2 112 112 2 113 113 1 114 114 2 115 115 1 116 116 1 117 117 0 118 118 4 119 119 2 120 120 3 121 121 2 122 122 0 123 123 1 124 124 1 125 125 6 126 126 2 127 127 2 128 128 5 129 129 4 130 130 2 999 Unspecified 968 Sex of deceased 606699 1 9 1 Male 310792 2 Female 294916 8 Unknown 2 9 Unspecified 989 Relationship of informant to deceased 606699 1 9 1 Single 303797 2 Civil marriage 74154 3 Living as married 19518 4 Widowed 47554 5 Religious law marriage 12365 6 Divorced 8850 7 Customary marriage 37067 8 Unknown 1340 9 Unspecified 102054 Province of birth 606699 1 99 1 Western Cape 23872 2 Eastern Cape 80975 3 Northern Cape 13542 4 Free State 45409 5 KwaZulu-Natal 105680 6 North West 37418 7 Gauteng 57090 8 Mpumalanga 38970 9 Limpopo 44396 97 Unknown 95586 98 Outside South Africa 18061 99 Unspecified 45700 Province of death 606699 1 98 1 Western Cape 48299 2 Eastern Cape 83747 3 Northern Cape 15619 4 Free State 50531 5 KwaZulu-Natal 138728 6 North West 46627 7 Gauteng 119412 8 Mpumalanga 48805 9 Limpopo 54292 98 Outside South Africa 639 Place of death 606699 1 9 1 Hospital (in-patient) 275968 2 Emergency room/out-patient 9442 3 Dead on arrival 13952 4 Nursing home 12717 5 Home 181317 6 Other 24102 8 Unknown 662 9 Unspecified 88539 Province of residence of deceased 606699 1 99 1 Western Cape 39414 2 Eastern Cape 70488 3 Northern Cape 14631 4 Free State 49512 5 KwaZulu-Natal 124166 6 North West 43160 7 Gauteng 104163 8 Mpumalanga 48016 9 Limpopo 50732 97 Unknown 1316 98 Outside South Africa 1228 99 Unspecified 59873 Education of deceased 606699 0 99 0 None 122700 1 Sub A/Gr1 3337 2 Sub B/Gr2 5730 3 Std 1/Gr3 8798 4 Std 2/Gr4 13646 5 Std 3/Gr5 13106 6 Std 4/Gr6 15725 7 Std 5/Gr7 20147 8 Std 6/Gr8 23461 9 Std 7/Gr9 12932 10 Std 8/Gr10/Form3/NTC1 22272 11 Std 9/Gr11/Form4/NTC2 13446 12 Std 10/Gr12/Form5/NTC3 36099 13 University/Tech 7286 97 Unknown 1427 99 Unspecified 286587 Usual occupation of deceased 606699 1 13 1 Legislators; senior officials and managers 3770 2 Professionals 5949 3 Technicians and associate professionals 2432 4 Clerks 4071 5 Service workers; shop and market sales workers 7938 6 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 1842 7 Craft and related trade workers 9871 8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers 7836 9 Elementary occupations 33389 10 Armed forces 401 11 Occupations unspecified 420206 12 Occupations not elsewhere classified 10219 13 Not economically active 98775 Type of business/industry where deceased worked 606699 0 99 0 Private households; exterritorial organisations; representatives of foreign governments and other activities not adequately defined 11689 1 Agriculture; hunting; forestry and fishing 8322 2 Mining and quarrying 5647 3 Manufacturing 3896 4 Electricity; gas and water supply 980 5 Construction 4561 6 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles; motor cycles and personal and household goods; hotels and restaurants 6795 7 Transport; storage and communication 3877 8 Financial intermediation; insurance; real estate and business services 3606 9 Community; social and personal services 12587 97 Unknown 5156 98 Not applicable 158566 99 Unspecified and other activities not adequately defined 381017 Smoking status of deceased 606699 1 9 1 Yes 61576 2 No 147970 3 Do not know 22501 4 Not applicable (aged 15 years and younger) 85459 8 Unknown 844 9 Unspecified 288349 Immediate cause of death 606699 Second condition leading to death 606699 Third condition leading to death 606699 Fourth condition leading to death 606699 Other conditions leading to death 606699 Underlying cause of death 606699 Broad groups of underlying causes of death 606699 Main groups of underlying causes of death 606699 Natural/non-natural underlying causes of death 606699 0 2 0 Stillborn 14626 1 Natural underlying cause 539123 2 Non-natural underlying cause 52950 Pregnancy status 42 days prior to death 606699 1 9 1 Yes 2218 2 No 35838 3 Not applicable (Males and females younger than 10 and older than 55 years of age) 456738 8 Unknown 67 9 Unspecified 111838 Method of ascertaining the cause of death 606699 1 9 1 Autopsy 51026 2 Opinion of attending medical practitioner 203963 3 Opinion of attending medical practitioner on duty 105071 4 Opinion of registered professional nurse 13118 5 Interview of family member 91987 6 Other 13971 8 Unknown 611 9 Unspecified 126952 Injury for the immediate cause of death 606699 1 111 1 Injuries to the head 9608 2 Injuries to the neck; cervial spine/cord; trachea; vocal cord; keel; larynx; carotide 1460 3 Injuries to the thorax; breast; chest; heart; rib; lung; aorta 5851 4 Injuries to the abdomen; lower back; lumbar spine; pelvis; biuk (ventricle); kidney; stomach; colon; rug; rectum; buttock; liver; milt spleen; biuk; peritoneum 1336 5 Injuries to shoulder and upper arm 74 6 Injuries to elbow and forearm 22 7 Injuries to wrist and hand 14 8 Injuries to hip and thigh 350 9 Injuries to knee and lower leg 88 10 Injuries to ankle and foot 6 11 Injuries involving multiple body regions 11117 12 Injuries to unspecified parts of trunk; limb or body region 8994 13 Effects of foreign body entering throug natural orifice 660 14 Burns and corrosions 2152 15 Frostbite 1 16 Poisoning by drugs; medicaments and biological substances 261 17 Toxic effect of substances chiefly nonmedical as to source bysteek food 1249 18 Other and unspecified effexts of external causes 6153 19 Certain early complications of trauma 16 20 Complications of surgical and medical care; nec 265 21 Sequelae of injuries; of poisoning and of other consequences of external causes 16 111 Not applicable - no injury 557006 Injury for the second condition leading to death 606699 0 888 0 Stillborn 11081 1 Injuries to the head 365 2 Injuries to the neck; cervial spine/cord; trachea; vocal cord; keel; larynx; carotide 66 3 Injuries to the thorax; breast; chest; heart; rib; lung; aorta 133 4 Injuries to the abdomen; lower back; lumbar spine; pelvis; biuk (ventricle); kidney; stomach; colon; rug; rectum; buttock; liver; milt spleen; biuk; peritoneum 139 5 Injuries to shoulder and upper arm 11 6 Injuries to elbow and forearm 8 7 Injuries to wrist and hand 2 8 Injuries to hip and thigh 449 9 Injuries to knee and lower leg 43 10 Injuries to ankle and foot 10 11 Injuries involving multiple body regions 137 12 Injuries to unspecified parts of trunk; limb or body region 231 13 Effects of foreign body entering throug natural orifice 271 14 Burns and corrosions 278 15 Frostbite 0 16 Poisoning by drugs; medicaments and biological substances 398 17 Toxic effect of substances chiefly nonmedical as to source bysteek food 609 18 Other and unspecified effexts of external causes 276 19 Certain early complications of trauma 8 20 Complications of surgical and medical care; nec 911 21 Sequelae of injuries; of poisoning and of other consequences of external causes 42 111 Not applicable - no injury 237957 888 Not applicable 353274 Injury for the third condition leading to death 606699 0 888 0 Stillborn 14112 1 Injuries to the head 76 2 Injuries to the neck; cervial spine/cord; trachea; vocal cord; keel; larynx; carotide 15 3 Injuries to the thorax; breast; chest; heart; rib; lung; aorta 33 4 Injuries to the abdomen; lower back; lumbar spine; pelvis; biuk (ventricle); kidney; stomach; colon; rug; rectum; buttock; liver; milt spleen; biuk; peritoneum 39 5 Injuries to shoulder and upper arm 8 6 Injuries to elbow and forearm 4 7 Injuries to wrist and hand 1 8 Injuries to hip and thigh 231 9 Injuries to knee and lower leg 19 10 Injuries to ankle and foot 4 11 Injuries involving multiple body regions 28 12 Injuries to unspecified parts of trunk; limb or body region 60 13 Effects of foreign body entering throug natural orifice 101 14 Burns and corrosions 76 15 Frostbite 1 16 Poisoning by drugs; medicaments and biological substances 284 17 Toxic effect of substances chiefly nonmedical as to source bysteek food 309 18 Other and unspecified effexts of external causes 88 19 Certain early complications of trauma 1 20 Complications of surgical and medical care; nec 652 21 Sequelae of injuries; of poisoning and of other consequences of external causes 28 111 Not applicable - no injury 78429 888 Not applicable 512100 Injury for the fourth condition leading to death 606699 0 888 0 Stillborn 14626 1 Injuries to the head 23 2 Injuries to the neck; cervial spine/cord; trachea; vocal cord; keel; larynx; carotide 6 3 Injuries to the thorax; breast; chest; heart; rib; lung; aorta 8 4 Injuries to the abdomen; lower back; lumbar spine; pelvis; biuk (ventricle); kidney; stomach; colon; rug; rectum; buttock; liver; milt spleen; biuk; peritoneum 9 5 Injuries to shoulder and upper arm 5 6 Injuries to elbow and forearm 1 7 Injuries to wrist and hand 1 8 Injuries to hip and thigh 77 9 Injuries to knee and lower leg 3 10 Injuries to ankle and foot 3 11 Injuries involving multiple body regions 3 12 Injuries to unspecified parts of trunk; limb or body region 27 13 Effects of foreign body entering throug natural orifice 33 14 Burns and corrosions 13 15 Frostbite 0 16 Poisoning by drugs; medicaments and biological substances 122 17 Toxic effect of substances chiefly nonmedical as to source bysteek food 89 18 Other and unspecified effexts of external causes 16 19 Certain early complications of trauma 0 20 Complications of surgical and medical care; nec 334 21 Sequelae of injuries; of poisoning and of other consequences of external causes 12 111 Not applicable - no injury 19911 888 Not applicable 571377 Injury for other conditions leading to death 606699 0 888 0 Stillborn 14626 1 Injuries to the head 8 2 Injuries to the neck; cervial spine/cord; trachea; vocal cord; keel; larynx; carotide 4 3 Injuries to the thorax; breast; chest; heart; rib; lung; aorta 0 4 Injuries to the abdomen; lower back; lumbar spine; pelvis; biuk (ventricle); kidney; stomach; colon; rug; rectum; buttock; liver; milt spleen; biuk; peritoneum 1 5 Injuries to shoulder and upper arm 1 6 Injuries to elbow and forearm 1 7 Injuries to wrist and hand 1 8 Injuries to hip and thigh 19 9 Injuries to knee and lower leg 3 10 Injuries to ankle and foot 0 11 Injuries involving multiple body regions 3 12 Injuries to unspecified parts of trunk; limb or body region 9 13 Effects of foreign body entering throug natural orifice 6 14 Burns and corrosions 2 15 Frostbite 0 16 Poisoning by drugs; medicaments and biological substances 36 17 Toxic effect of substances chiefly nonmedical as to source bysteek food 23 18 Other and unspecified effexts of external causes 9 19 Certain early complications of trauma 0 20 Complications of surgical and medical care; nec 107 21 Sequelae of injuries; of poisoning and of other consequences of external causes 4 111 Not applicable - no injury 3949 888 Not applicable 587887 Injury for the underlying cause of death 606699 0 111 0 Stillborn 14626 1 Injuries to the head 9917 2 Injuries to the neck; cervial spine/cord; trachea; vocal cord; keel; larynx; carotide 1531 3 Injuries to the thorax; breast; chest; heart; rib; lung; aorta 5979 4 Injuries to the abdomen; lower back; lumbar spine; pelvis; biuk (ventricle); kidney; stomach; colon; rug; rectum; buttock; liver; milt spleen; biuk; peritoneum 1483 5 Injuries to shoulder and upper arm 87 6 Injuries to elbow and forearm 32 7 Injuries to wrist and hand 17 8 Injuries to hip and thigh 896 9 Injuries to knee and lower leg 139 10 Injuries to ankle and foot 14 11 Injuries involving multiple body regions 11233 12 Injuries to unspecified parts of trunk; limb or body region 9214 13 Effects of foreign body entering throug natural orifice 773 14 Burns and corrosions 2422 15 Frostbite 1 16 Poisoning by drugs; medicaments and biological substances 480 17 Toxic effect of substances chiefly nonmedical as to source bysteek food 1803 18 Other and unspecified effexts of external causes 6366 19 Certain early complications of trauma 23 20 Complications of surgical and medical care; nec 488 21 Sequelae of injuries; of poisoning and of other consequences of external causes 66 111 Not applicable - no injury 539109 888 Not applicable 0