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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
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Nov 14, 2025
Last modified
Nov 15, 2025
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  • admin_CODreviews
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  • 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 file: 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

Cases: 4163
Variables: 182

Variables

version
form version
origid
Original Ident in Karonga
ident
Main unique identifier in Karonga
vtelldied
Hospital told COD
vtelldiedtx
What hosp said was COD
vknowcod
Know COD
vknowcodtx
Respondent COD
vtb
TB -interva 1230 tuber
vtbtrtwhere
Where TB treated
vpretrtyear
TB treatment yr
vtbfam
Family with TB
vhiv
HIV/AIDS
vmalpos
Pos malaria -1400 malaria
vmalneg
Neg malaria -1410 malarneg
vmeas
Measles -1370 measles
vhyper
Hypertension - 1250 hypert
vheart
Heart disease -1220 heart_dis
vdiabetes
Diabetes -1260 diabetes
vasthma
Asthma -1270 asthma
vepilepsy
Epilepsy - 1280 epilepsy
vcancer
Cancer
vcopd
COPD
vdement
Dementia --1310 dement
vdepress
Depression --1320 depress
vstroke
Stroke --1330 stroke
vsickle
Sickle cell --1340 sickle
vkidney
Kidney disease --1350 kidney_dis
vliver
Liver disease --1360 liver_dis
vseas
season of death
vlongill
Duration illness days
vsudden
Die suddenly --1190 sudden
vfever
Fever -2000 fever
vfevdur
Days had fever
vfevsev
Fever severe
vfevco
Fever continuously/on & off
vfevnt
Fever only at night
vchills
Chills/rigor
vnightsw
Night sweats - 2030 night_sw
vcough
Cough -2040 cough
vcoughdays
Days had cough
vcoughprod
Cough productive -2070 pr_cough
vsputcoll
Sputum exam
vsputtx
Sputum result
vhaemopt
Cough blood - 2080 bl_cough
vwhoop
Whooping -2090 whoop
vfastbr
Fast breathing -2110 rapid_br
vfastbrdur
Fast breathing days
vshrtbrth
Breathlessness -2140 br_less
vshrtbrdur
Breathlessness days
vshrtbrun
No daily routine breathless -2170 exert_br
vshrtbrflat
Breathless lying flat -2180 lying_br
vindraw
Chest indraw -2190 chest_in
vwhez
Noisy breathing -2200 wheeze
vchpain
Chest pain -2210 ch_pain
vchpdur
Chest pain duration
vdiarrhoea
Diarrhoea - 2230 diarr
vdiarrdur
Diarrhoea days
vdiarrfreq
Diarrhoea times day
vdiarrdes
What stool look like
vdiarrbld
Blood in stools -2270 bl_diarr
vvomit
Vomit -2280 vomiting
vvomdur
Vomit days
vvombl
Vomit blood -2290 bl_vomit
vabdpain
Abdominal pain -2310 abd_pain
vabdpdur
Days had abdominal pain
vabdploc
Where Abdominal pain
vdisab
Abdomen distension -2340 swe_abd
vdisabdur
Abdominal distension days
vabdmass
Abdominal mass -2370 abd_mass
vabdmdur
Abdominal mass days
vconstip
Constipation
vheadache
Headache -2400 headache
vhdachdur
Headache days
vnkstif
Stiff neck -2490 stiff_neck
vnkstifdur
Stiff neck days
vmencon
Confusion -1380 men_con
vmencondur
Confusion days
vcoma
Unconscious >24 hrs -2520 coma
vcomast
Unconscious sudden -2530 co_ons
vcomacon
Confusion before unconscious
vfit
Convulsions - 2540 convul
vfitdur
Convulsions days
vfitdurmin
Convulsions minutes
vfitwake
Unconscious after convulsions -2570 unc_con
vdysurtyp
Difficulty urinating
vnourine
No urine -2590 uri_ret
vfrequrine
Urinate more often -2600 exc_urine
vblurine
Bloody urine -2610 uri_haem
vabcess
Abscess -2420 skin_les
vabcfeet
Abscess feet -2430 sk_feet
vskin
Dry scaly skin
vitch
Itching of skin
vskinrash
Skin rash -2440 rash
vrashdur
Rash days
vrashdes
What rash look like
vrashall
Rash all over
vrashcrack
Skin spit/peel
vshingles
Ever shingles -2480 shingles
vswgen
Gen. body swelling
vpuff
Face swelling -2720 swe_oth
vsankl
Feet swelling -2730 swe_legs
vsankldur
Feet swelling days
vftburn
Altered sensation hands/feet
vswell
Any lumps -2660 swell
vswdur
Lumps days
vmouthsw
Lump mouth -2670 swe_oral
vnecksw
Lump neck -2680 swe_neck
vaxlsw
Lump armpit -2690 swe_arm
vgroinsw
Lump groin -2710 swe_gen
vothsw
Lump other
vblorif
Bleed from orifice -2790 bl_orif
vwtloss
Weight loss - 2620 wt_loss
vwtlosss
Severely thin - 2630 wasting
vocandidia
Oral candidiasis - 2640 or_cand
vstiff
Body stiffness -2650 rigidity
vparsid
One side paralysis
vparsiddur
One side paralysis days
vswlpain
Swallow pain -2830 diff_sw
vswlpdur
Swallow pain days
vjau
Yellow eyes - 2220 yellow
vhair
Changing hair colour-2760 hair
vpale
Anaemic -2740 anaemia
vdiarreyes
Sunken eyes -2780 eye_sunk
vexcdrink
Drink more water -2750 exc_drink
vinj
Injury - 5000 injury
vinjdur
Injury days
vinjint
Injury accidental or intentional
vinjalc
Alcohol contribute to injury
vinjtype
Type of injury
vrtatype
Type of RTA
vrtactrtype
Counterpart in RTA
vbitetype
Animal/insect bite type
vasslttype
Assault type
vvagbleed
Bleeding between periods -2800 vb_bet
vmenopause
Menopause -2810 vb_men
vmenoafter
Bleeding after menopause -2820 vb_after
vbreast
Lump breast -2820 swe_breast
vvagtum
Vaginal tumours
vpregnant
Pregnant -3010 pregnant
vdeldth
Gave birth <6wks before -3020 del_6wks
vabort
Preg lasted <6m -3030 pend_6w
vpp42plus
Gave birth 6wk-1yr before
valcohol
Drink alcohol -6000 alcohol
vsmoke
Smoke -6010 smoking
vtreat
Treated
vtort
ORT -6050 t_ort
vtiv
IV -6060 t_iv
vtbltrans
Blood transfusion -6070 blood_tr
vtngt
NG tube -6080 t_ngt
vtivanti
Antibiotic injection -6090 antib_i
vop
Operation - 6100 surgery
vopdur
Operation >=1m -6110 sur_1m
vdischill
Discharged v ill -6120 disch
pcare2
Attend hosp -7000 shospf
vhcmore2
>2hr to get to hospital -7050 smore2
vmeddoubt
Doubts med care needed -7060 sdoubt
pcare3
Trad med -7070 stradm
vmobcall
Phone used -7080 smobph
vcostprob
Care too expensive -7090 scosts
vhospmotor
Motor vehicle to hosp -7010 strans
vadmitprob
Admission probs -7020 sadmit
vtreatprob
Treatment probs -7030 streat
vmedicprob
Probs getting meds -7040 smedic
vevertest
Ever HIV test
vtestout0
HIV test result
vmevertest
Mother ever HIV test
vmtestout0
Mother HIV test result
vtestwhere
HIV tested where
vtestwhenest
HIV test date estimated
vtestwhen
HIV test date (dec or mother)
vrefever
Ever referred for ART
varvever
Ever taken anti-retrovirals
varvstartest
ART start date estimated
varvstart
ART start date
vnarrative
Location of picture of hand-written narrative
vcomments
Location of picture of hand-written comments
vhdoc
Health doc reviewed
vhdocpic1
Location of picture of last pages of health passport
vhdocpic2
Location of picture of last pages of health passport
vascan
uploaddate
Date record was uploaded into access
entrydate
Date Paper record was entered into access
Total: 182
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