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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What rash look like (vrashdes)

Data file: lvd_vasymp

Overview

Valid: 194

Invalid: 3969

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

What did the rash look like?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Clear	46	23.7%
2	Measles	13	6.7%
3	Pustular	27	13.9%
4	Other	98	50.5%
8	Unknown	10	5.2%
9	missing	19
Sysmiss		3950

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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