NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title COD1997_2017 Provider Statistics South AfricaMicrodata access: Register Geography South Africa (ZAF) Coverage type Country Time period covered 01/1997 - 12/2017 Series or system South Africa Vital Registration System Data type Vital registration: Subnationally representative Summary This Causes of Death dataset contains all registered deaths for from 1997-2016. Variables include type of death (individual or stillborn), age, sex, marital status, province of residence, date of death, place of death, immediate cause of death, underlying cause of death, and other conditions leading to death. Keywords Adult mortality, Birth place, Causes of death, Child mortality, Death certificates, ICD-10, Infant mortality, Live births, Mortality, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, War and military operations Citation Contributors Statistics South Africa Department of Home Affairs (South Africa) Publisher Statistics South Africa Publication year 2020 Suggested citation Department of Home Affairs (South Africa), Statistics South Africa. South Africa Vital Registration - Causes of Death 2017. Pretoria, South Africa: Statistics South Africa, 2020. GHDx Entry last modified on: Jan 14, 2022