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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Alcohol contribute to injury (vinjalc)

Data file: lvd_vasymp

Overview

Valid: 125

Invalid: 4038

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

Did acute alcohol intoxication contribute to the accident/injury?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes, the deceased was drunk	26	20.8%
2	Yes, another person involved was drunk	0	0%
3	Yes, both the deceased and another person involved were drunk	0	0%
4	No, it was not a contributory factor	95	76%
8	Unknown	4	3.2%
9	missing	0
Sysmiss		4038

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 -,, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 12, 13, 14

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