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

Last modified

Apr 01, 2026

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Did the respondent live with the deceased in the period leading to death? (LivedWithDeceased)

Data file: AHRI.HDSS.DEATHS-Cause-of-death-2000-2024.v1

Overview

Valid: 24971

Invalid: 2460

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 999

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	22727	91%
2	No	2244	9%
997	Not Applicable	0	0%
999	Missing	0	0%
Sysmiss		2460

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.

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