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AHRI:Health and Demographic Surveillance System: Deaths and Causes of Death from Verbal Autopsies (2000-2024)

South Africa, 2000 - 2025
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AHRI.VerbalAutopsy.Harmonisation
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Ariane Sessego, Siyabonga Nxumalo, Dickman Gareta, Dr. Alison Castle, Dr. Guy Harling, Prof. Mark Siedner, Prof. Janet Seeley, Prof. Collins Iwuji, Prof. Willem Hanekom, Dr. Kobus Herbst
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Mar 31, 2026
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Data file: AHRI.HDSS.DEATHS-Cause-of-death-2000-2024.v1

Cases: 27431
Variables: 33

Variables

IIntID
Unique Internal Id of Individual
DoB_ym
Date of birth (Year-Month)
DoD_ym
Date of Death (Year-Month)
Sex
What was the sex of the deceased?
Age_in_years
Age in completed years Numeric
Age_in_days
Age in days for deceased that died before the age of 1
MissingVA
Was the verbal autopsy not completed?
NonContact
Was it a non-contact?
VARefused
Was participation refused ?
Questionnaire
Verbal autopsy questionnaire used for data collection (dates are indicative)
VAVisitDate
VA Visit Date
VAInterviewType
Interview modality (face-to-face in the field or telephonic)
RespRelationship
Respondent's relationship to deceased (important classification change in 2017)
LivedWithDeceased
Did the respondent live with the deceased in the period leading to death?
DeathSetting
Where did the deceased die?
cause1_InterVA
Cause 1 - InterVA5 causes of death
lik1_InterVA
Likelihood cause 1 - InterVA5 causes of death
cause2_InterVA
Cause 2 - InterVA5 causes of death
lik2_InterVA
Likelihood cause 2 - InterVA5 causes of death
cause3_InterVA
Cause 3 - InterVA5 causes of death
lik3_InterVA
Likelihood cause 3 - InterVA5 causes of death
cause1_InSilicoVA
Cause 1 - InSilicoVA causes of death
prob1_InSilicoVA
Probability cause 1 - InSilicoVA causes of death
prob1_upper
Probability cause 1 95% CI upper bound - InSilicoVA
prob1_lower
Probability cause 1 95% CI lower bound InSilicoVA
cause2_InSilicoVA
Cause 2 - InSilicoVA causes of death
prob2_InSilicoVA
Probability cause 2 - InSilicoVA causes of death
prob2_upper
Probability cause 2 95% CI upper bound - InSilicoVA
prob2_lower
Probability cause 2 95% CI lower bound InSilicoVA
cause3_InSilicoVA
Cause 3 - InSilicoVA causes of death
prob3_InSilicoVA
Probability cause 3 - InSilicoVA causes of death
prob3_upper
Probability cause 3 95% CI upper bound - InSilicoVA
prob3_lower
Probability cause 3 95% CI lower bound InSilicoVA
Total: 33
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