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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ART start date estimated (varvstartest)

Data file: lvd_vasymp

Overview

Valid: 258

Invalid: 3905

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

Is the date of start of ARV treatment known?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Full date known	44	17.1%
2	Day unknown	71	27.5%
3	Month unknown	0	0%
4	Day and month unknown	124	48.1%
8	Not known at all	19	7.4%
9	Missing	0
Sysmiss		3905

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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Available in versions -,, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

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