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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Mother HIV test result (vmtestout0)

Data file: lvd_vasymp

Overview

Valid: 272

Invalid: 3891

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What was the most recent result?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Negative	250	91.9%
1	Positive	17	6.3%
2	Refuse to answer	0	0%
8	Unknown	5	1.8%
9	Missing	0
Sysmiss		3891

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 -,, 07, 08, 09, 10, 12, 13, 14

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