NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title COD1997_2018 Provider Statistics South AfricaMicrodata access: Download Geography South Africa (ZAF) Coverage type Country Time period covered 01/2018 - 12/2018 Series or system South Africa Vital Registration System Data type Vital registration: Subnationally representative Summary This dataset contains all registered deaths from 1997-2018. 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, Alcohol use disorders, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Aplastic and other non-nutritional anemias, Appendicitis, Bacterial skin diseases, Bipolar affective disorder, Birth place, Bone cancers, Breast cancer, Burkitt lymphoma, Cancers, Causes of death, Cerebrovascular diseases, Child mortality, Cholera, Chronic respiratory diseases, Cirrhosis of the liver, Death certificates, Diabetes, Encephalitis, Endocrine disorders, Epilepsy, HIV and AIDS, Hemolytic anemias, Hepatitis, Hodgkin lymphoma, Hypertension, ICD-10, Immune system disorders, Infant mortality, Infectious diseases, Influenza, Inguinal and femoral hernia, Interstitial lung diseases, Intestinal infectious diseases, Ischemic heart disease, Leukemia, Live births, Lower respiratory infections, Lupus, Malnutrition, Meningitis, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mesothelioma, Metabolic disorders, Mortality, Multiple myeloma, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, Noninfective inflammatory bowel disease, Ovary cancer, Pancreas cancer, Parkinson's disease, Pharynx cancers, Pneumococcal pneumonia, Prostate cancer, Pulmonary arterial hypertension, Rheumatic heart disease, STDs, Schizophrenia, Self-inflicted injuries, Sense organ diseases, Skin cancers, Soft tissue sarcomas, Stillbirths, Stomach cancer, Summary birth history, Testicular cancer, Thyroid cancer, Thyroid gland disorders, Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers, Tuberculosis, Upper respiratory infections, War and military operations Citation Contributors Statistics South Africa Department of Home Affairs (South Africa) Publisher Statistics South Africa Publication year 2021 Suggested citation Department of Home Affairs (South Africa), Statistics South Africa. South Africa Vital Registration - Causes of Death 2018. Pretoria, South Africa: Statistics South Africa, 2021. GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 27, 2024