Mortality and Causes of Death from Death Notification 1997-2005
DDI_ZAF_2011_MCD_v01_M
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ZAF_2011_MCD_v01_M
Mortality and Causes of Death 2011
MCD 2011
Statistics South Africa
Department of Home Affairs
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Statistics South Africa. Mortality and Causes of Death 2011 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2013. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2014. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/ermf-e936
Version 01: Edited, anonymized dataset for public distribution.
Version 1 of the dataset was downloaded from Statistics South Africa's website on the 1st of July 2014.
Morbidity
Mortality
This dataset contains statistics on deaths in South Africa in 2011. 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 2011 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
The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is province.
Individuals
The data covers all deaths that occurred in 2011 and registered at the Department of Home Affairs in South Africa.
Administrative records data [adm]
The study provides data on cause of death for deaths that occurred in South Africa in 2011 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 two instruments: the death register and the medical certificate in respect of death.
DataFirst
Statistics South Africa. Mortality and Causes of Death 2011 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2013. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2014. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/ermf-e936
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2011 Mortality and Causes of Death data.
Unique sequence number
519655
20110000001
20110524398
Type of death
519655
1
2
1
Individual death
505803
2
Stillbirth
13852
Year of death
519655
2011
2011
2011
519655
Month of death
519655
1
12
1
January
42734
2
February
37779
3
March
42136
4
April
40489
5
May
45217
6
June
48858
7
July
48694
8
August
46530
9
September
43095
10
October
42856
11
November
40287
12
December
40980
Day of death
519655
1
31
1
17514
2
17456
3
17800
4
17697
5
17229
6
17706
7
17450
8
17391
9
17193
10
17310
11
18645
12
17189
13
16994
14
16636
15
16561
16
16687
17
17013
18
16778
19
17079
20
16834
21
16383
22
16548
23
16352
24
16412
25
16949
26
16918
27
16794
28
17135
29
15544
30
15751
31
9707
Year of birth
519655
1890
9999
Month of birth
519655
1
99
1
January
52076
2
February
39936
3
March
47055
4
April
43261
5
May
41322
6
June
49172
7
July
40629
8
August
41057
9
September
41581
10
October
40823
11
November
37929
12
December
42112
99
Unspecified
2702
Day of birth
519655
1
99
1
27976
2
20363
3
19914
4
19282
5
19737
6
19640
7
17768
8
16484
9
15892
10
23302
11
17167
12
20147
13
14705
14
15945
15
19567
16
17894
17
14988
18
14803
19
13568
20
17569
21
13906
22
14094
23
14337
24
15368
25
17792
26
14158
27
14310
28
15819
29
12292
30
11733
31
6433
99
Unspecified
2702
Age in completed years
519655
0
999
999
Unspecified
2421
Year of death registration
519655
2011
2013
2011
513150
2012
6345
2013
160
Month of death registration
519655
1
12
1
January
41752
2
February
37431
3
March
42711
4
April
38221
5
May
45988
6
June
49013
7
July
46214
8
August
50439
9
September
43775
10
October
42687
11
November
41449
12
December
39975
Day of death registration
519655
1
31
1
16057
2
11945
3
19202
4
19137
5
18120
6
16718
7
20992
8
17806
9
13899
10
18052
11
19011
12
17662
13
16359
14
20343
15
16844
16
12359
17
17274
18
16410
19
18709
20
16665
21
17237
22
17705
23
15227
24
15830
25
14226
26
16693
27
12678
28
24855
29
16177
30
13908
31
11555
Sex of deceased
519655
1
9
1
Male
267769
2
Female
249282
9
Unspecified
2604
Marital status of deceased
519655
1
9
1
Single
248901
2
Married
117413
3
Widowed
47398
4
Divorced
8902
5
Not applicable
13852
8
Unknown
1171
9
Unspecified
82018
Relationship of informant to deceased
519655
1
9
1
Parent
86719
2
Spouse
38169
3
Child
88267
4
Other kin
60624
5
Other
166832
8
Unknown
1645
9
Unspecified
77399
Next of kin a smoker
519655
1
9
1
Smoking
27684
2
Not smoking
116716
3
Refused to answer
3596
8
Unknown
199
9
Unspecified
371460
Education of deceased
519655
0
99
0
None
79779
1
Grade R
1676
2
Sub A Gr1
3766
3
Sub B Gr2
5523
4
Std 1 Gr3
7984
5
Std 2 Gr4
12527
6
Std 3 Gr5
11863
7
Std 4 Gr6
13833
8
Std 5 Gr7
18274
9
Std 6 Gr8
22262
10
Std 7 Gr9
11964
11
Std 8 Gr10 Form3 NTC1
21567
12
Std 9 Gr11 Form4 NTC2
13109
13
Std 10 Gr12 Form5 NTC3
36541
14
University/Tech
8420
97
Unknown
12042
98
Not applicable
13852
99
Unspecified
224673
Occupation of deceased
519655
8
99
8
Occupations unspecified not elsewhere classified
339491
9
Not economically active persons
51949
11
Chief executives, senior officials and legislators
466
12
Administrative and commercial managers
435
13
Production and specialised services managers
332
14
Hospitality, retail and other services managers
851
21
Science and engineering professionals
807
22
Health professionals
1504
23
Teaching professionals
2784
24
Business and administration professionals
1572
25
Information and Communication Technology professionals
53
26
Legal, social and cultural professionals
527
31
Science and engineering associate professionals
619
32
Health associate professionals
293
33
Business and administration associate professionals
722
34
Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals
401
35
Information and communications technicians
120
41
General and keyboard clerks
2280
42
Customer services clerks
454
43
Numerical and material recording clerks
160
44
Other clerical support workers
142
51
Personal services workers
1489
52
Sales workers
1982
53
Personal care workers
245
54
Protective service workers and armed forces occupations
3808
61
Market-orientated skilled agricultural workers
619
62
Market-orientated skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers
2212
63
Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers
913
71
Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians
3130
72
Metal, machinery and related trades workers
2242
73
Handicraft and printing workers
235
74
Electrical and electronic trades workers
858
75
Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and related trades workers
598
81
Stationary plant and machine operators
3490
82
Assemblers
33
83
Drivers and mobile plant operators
5118
91
Cleaners and helpers
10681
92
Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers
1942
93
Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport
1452
94
Food preparation assistants
42
95
Street and related sales and service workers
198
96
Refuse workers and other elementary workers
12498
98
Not applicable
59897
99
Underground economy and related activities
11
Groups of occupation of deceased
519655
0
99
0
Armed forces, occupations unspecified and not elsewhere classified, and not economically active persons
390417
1
Legislators, senior officials and managers
2084
2
Professionals
7247
3
Technicians and associate professionals
2155
4
Clerks
3036
5
Service workers, shop and market sales workers
7524
6
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
3744
7
Craft and related trade workers
7063
8
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
8641
9
Elementary occupations
26823
99
Not applicable
60921
Industry of deceased
519655
10
998
Smoking status of deceased
519655
1
9
1
Yes
70572
2
No
159117
3
Do not know
23165
4
Not applicable
62107
8
Unknown
1138
9
Unspecified
203556
Pregnant status of deceased
519655
1
9
1
Yes
1550
2
No
25977
3
Not applicable
407765
8
Unknown
1356
9
Unspecified
83007
Citizenship of deceased
519655
1
99
1
South Africa
502188
2
Zimbabwe
3500
3
Swaziland
282
4
Botswana
134
5
Lesotho
1085
6
Mozambique
1614
7
Namibia
60
8
Mauritius
9
9
Angola
45
10
Zambia
80
11
Malawi
375
12
Tanzania
34
13
Madagascar
3
14
DRC
130
15
Other
1535
97
Unknown
406
99
Unspecified
8175
Province of birth of the deceased
519655
1
99
1
Western Cape
28502
2
Eastern Cape
76676
3
Northern Cape
14266
4
Free State
40741
5
KwaZulu-Natal
93795
6
North West
32776
7
Gauteng
55057
8
Mpumalanga
34495
9
Limpopo
47471
97
Unknown
28579
98
Outside South Africa
14565
99
Unspecified
52732
Province of death occurrence
519655
1
99
1
Western Cape
47207
2
Eastern Cape
73720
3
Northern Cape
15087
4
Free State
41973
5
KwaZulu-Natal
108075
6
North West
38599
7
Gauteng
103853
8
Mpumalanga
39065
9
Limpopo
48424
97
Unknown
0
98
Outside South Africa
807
99
Unspecified
2845
Province of usual residence of the deceased
519655
1
99
1
Western Cape
44505
2
Eastern Cape
67006
3
Northern Cape
14739
4
Free State
40940
5
KwaZulu-Natal
103634
6
North West
36360
7
Gauteng
98269
8
Mpumalanga
39234
9
Limpopo
46306
98
Outside South Africa
1200
99
Unspecified
27462
Country of usual residence of deceased
519655
1
99
1
South Africa
213770
2
Zimbabwe
222
3
Swaziland
61
4
Botswana
45
5
Lesotho
189
6
Mozambique
58
7
Namibia
18
8
Mauritius
3
9
Angola
8
10
Zambia
9
11
Malawi
6
12
Tanzania
4
13
Madagascar
2
14
DRC
7
15
Other
76
97
Unknown
213
99
Unspecified
304964
Ascertainment of the cause of death
519655
1
99
1
Autopsy
43443
2
Post mortem examination
79319
3
Opinion of attending medical practitioner
132957
4
Opinion of attending medical practitioner on duty
42880
5
Opinion of registered professional nurse
41472
6
Interview of family member
38329
7
Other
7209
8
Autopsy results may be available later
133
9
Autopsy not performed
2589
98
Unknown
3941
99
Unspecified
127383
Place of death
519655
1
9
1
Hospital
224732
2
Emergency room/Outpatient
7905
3
Dead on arrival
10038
4
Nursing home
11318
5
Home
131877
6
Other
15197
8
Unknown
799
9
Unspecified
117789
Immediate cause of death
519655
Injury codes for the immediate cause of death
519655
Second condition leading to death
519655
Injury codes for the second condition leading to death
519655
Third condition leading to death
519655
Injury codes for the third condition leading to death
519655
Fourth condition leading to death
519655
Injury codes for the fourth condition leading to death
519655
Other conditions leading to death
519655
Injury codes for other conditions leading to death
519655
111
3913
888
515582
S01
1
S09
1
S21
1
S72
22
T09
1
T14
1
T17
3
T36
2
T37
8
T45
9
T50
3
T51
1
T54
1
T62
7
T65
3
T66
1
T74
1
T78
1
T79
1
T80
5
T81
28
T82
15
T84
3
T85
4
T86
3
T87
26
T88
4
T94
2
T98
2
First cause provided on part 2 of the death notification form
519655
Injury codes for first cause on part 2
519655
111
1030
888
518604
S01
1
S09
2
S42
1
S61
1
S72
1
T09
1
T37
1
T45
3
T81
4
T87
5
T88
1
Second cause provided on part 2 of the death notification form
519655
888
519648
B33
1
D84
2
E87
1
I62
1
J44
1
L98
1
Injury codes for second cause on part 2
519655
111
888
111
Natural cause (no injury code)
7
888
Second cause of death on part 2 not mentioned
519648
Underlying cause of death
519655
Broad groups of the underlying causes of death
519655
Main groups of the underlying causes of death
519655
8888888
13852
A00-B99
117071
C00-D48
36877
D50-D89
14499
E00-E90
28141
F00-F99
1731
G00-G99
12499
H00-H59
31
H60-H95
62
I00-I99
82058
J00-J99
60235
K00-K93
13146
L00-L99
891
M00-M99
1790
N00-N99
8715
O00-O99
1250
P00-P96
10149
Q00-Q99
1878
R00-R99
68790
V01-Y98
45990
Natural/non-natural underlying causes of death
519655
1
8
1
Natural underlying cause
459813
2
Non-natural underlying cause
45990
8
Stillbirth
13852