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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Karonga HDSS

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Nov 14, 2025

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Probs getting meds -7040 smedic (vmedicprob)

Data file: lvd_vasymp

Overview

Valid: 983

Invalid: 3180

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

Were there any problems getting medications, or diagnostic tests in the hospital or health facility?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	905	92.1%
1	Yes	66	6.7%
8	Unknown	12	1.2%
9	Missing	0
Sysmiss		3180

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 -,, 03, 05, 06, 10, 12, 13, 14

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