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
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Nov 14, 2025
Last modified
Nov 15, 2025
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Type of injury (vinjtype)
Data file: lvd_vasymp
Overview
Valid:
215
Invalid:
3948
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What type of injury did ${vname} suffer from?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assault | 29 |
13.5%
|
| 2 | Bite or sting of a plant/animal/insect | 7 |
3.3%
|
| 3 | Burns/fire | 4 |
1.9%
|
| 4 | Fall | 21 |
9.8%
|
| 5 | Force of nature | 2 |
0.9%
|
| 6 | Other | 43 |
20%
|
| 7 | Poisoning | 13 |
6%
|
| 8 | Road traffic accident | 70 |
32.6%
|
| 9 | Drowning | 26 |
12.1%
|
| 10 | Non-road transport accident (boat/train etc.) | 0 |
0%
|
| 98 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 6 | |
| Sysmiss | 3942 |
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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