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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Nov 15, 2025

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Counterpart in RTA (vrtactrtype)

Data file: lvd_vasymp

Overview

Valid: 39

Invalid: 4124

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

What else was involved in the RTA?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	A bus or heavy transport vehicle	19	48.7%
2	A car vehicle	13	33.3%
3	A motorcycle	1	2.6%
4	A pedestrian	1	2.6%
5	A pedal cycle	4	10.3%
6	A stationary object	0	0%
7	Something else	1	2.6%
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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