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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Apr 01, 2026
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Respondent's relationship to deceased (important classification change in 2017) (RespRelationship)
Data file: AHRI.HDSS.DEATHS-Cause-of-death-2000-2024.v1
Overview
Valid:
26249
Invalid:
1182
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
12
Range:
1 - 18
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Another Relationship | 778 |
3%
|
| 2 | Child | 2360 |
9%
|
| 3 | Child | 2250 |
8.6%
|
| 4 | Daughter-in-law | 751 |
2.9%
|
| 5 | Father-in-law | 6 |
0%
|
| 6 | Family Member(Household Member) | 2857 |
10.9%
|
| 7 | Friend | 2 |
0%
|
| 8 | Grandchild | 758 |
2.9%
|
| 9 | Grandparent | 1327 |
5.1%
|
| 10 | Mother-in-law | 172 |
0.7%
|
| 11 | Other | 346 |
1.3%
|
| 12 | Other non-relative | 521 |
2%
|
| 13 | Other relative | 3198 |
12.2%
|
| 14 | Parent | 6060 |
23.1%
|
| 15 | Public Official | 1 |
0%
|
| 16 | Sibling | 2568 |
9.8%
|
| 17 | Son-in-law | 19 |
0.1%
|
| 18 | Spouse | 2275 |
8.7%
|
| Sysmiss | 1182 |
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.