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VA Verbal Autopsy Cause of Death

Malawi, 2004 - 2019
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Reference ID
MWI-MEIRU-VACOD-2001-v1
Producer(s)
Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit
Collections
Karonga HDSS
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Nov 14, 2025
Last modified
Nov 15, 2025
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  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
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  • Data files
  • admin_CODreviews
  • admin_CODsummary
  • lvd_vasymp
  • lvd_vasympnm
  • lvd_vasympsb
Variable Groups
  • COD reviews
    • Identifier
    • Direct Duration of Illness
    • Underlying Duration of Illness
    • Contributary Duration of Illness
    • HIV
    • Others
  • COD summary
    • Identifier
    • Direct Duration of Illness
    • Undelying Duration of Illness
    • Contributary Duration of Illness
    • HIV
    • Summary
    • Others
  • lvd_vasymp
    • Basic information
    • Cause of death
    • Medical history
    • HIV testing/ART history
    • Site and time of death
    • Symptoms
    • Risk factors
    • Treatment
    • Others
  • lvd_vasympnm
    • Basic information
    • Pregnancy and post-partum
    • Parents' health status
    • Others
  • lvd_vasympsb
    • Basic information
    • Cause of death
    • Medical history
    • HIV testing/ART history
    • Parents health status
    • Pregnancy and post-partum
    • Others

Data Dictionary

Data file Cases Variables
admin_CODreviews
admin_CODreviews - review records from each reviewer
Uniquely identified by ident and revno (reviewer number)
10730 32
admin_CODsummary
admin_CODsummary - summary records
Uniquely identified by ident, there is thus one summary record for each VA reviewed.
3878 31
lvd_vasymp
Main table of symptoms for Verbal Autopsy collected by EDC which are not stored in gp_va
Unique key ident

lvd_vasymp links to the other MEIRU database table(s) using keys as indicated below in the form tablename key
lvd_vasympnm ident
gp_va ident
crs_events Ident+evnttype (VAC, VAN or VAA)
gen_identity ident
4163 182
lvd_vasympnm
Additional Verbal Autopsy symptoms table for pregnant or post partum females and anyone under 5.
Unique key ident

lvd_vasympnm links to the other MEIRU database table(s) using keys as indicated below in the form tablename key
lvd_vasymp ident
2268 81
lvd_vasympsb
Symptoms table for still births and miscarriages
Unique key ident+endprg

lvd_vasympsb links to the other MEIRU database table(s) using keys as indicated below in the form tablename key
crs_vanmoth ident +endprg
gen_identity ident
713 61
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