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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Baby status (vmbcond)

Data file: lvd_vasympnm

Overview

Valid: 37

Invalid: 2231

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the status of the baby?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Alive and healthy	17	45.9%
2	Alive but not healthy	0	0%
3	Died within 7 days of birth	2	5.4%
4	Died after 7 days	1	2.7%
5	Died, unknown time	2	5.4%
6	Stillborn	15	40.5%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	0
Sysmiss		2231

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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