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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Assault type (vasslttype)

Data file: lvd_vasymp

Overview

Valid: 9

Invalid: 4154

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How was ${vname} assaulted?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Shot with firearm/gun	0	0%
2	Struck/hit with object/animal	4	44.4%
3	Stabbed/cut with knife/blade	3	33.3%
4	Injured with machinery	1	11.1%
5	Other	1	11.1%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	missing	0
Sysmiss		4154

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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