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

Metadata

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Nov 14, 2025

Last modified

Nov 15, 2025

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Type of RTA (vrtatype)

Data file: lvd_vasymp

Overview

Valid: 39

Invalid: 4124

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How was ${vname} involved in the RTA?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	An occupant of a bus or heavy transport vehicle	10	25.6%
2	An occupant of a car vehicle	2	5.1%
3	A pedestrian/walking	15	38.5%
4	A rider or passenger of a pedal bicyle	10	25.6%
5	A driver or passenger of a motorcycle	2	5.1%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	0
Sysmiss		4124

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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