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

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Difficulty urinating (vdysurtyp)

Data file: lvd_vasymp

Overview

Valid: 1154

Invalid: 3009

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Did ${vname} have any difficulty passing urine?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	No difficulty	871	75.5%
2	Unable to pass urine	112	9.7%
3	Continuous dribbling of urine	29	2.5%
4	Burning sensation	89	7.7%
5	Other	40	3.5%
8	Unknown	13	1.1%
9	missing	1
Sysmiss		3008

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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