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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How delivered (vdelmode)

Data file: lvd_vasympnm

Overview

Valid: 41

Invalid: 2227

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What type of delivery did ${vname} have?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Caesarian delivery	18	43.9%
2	Forceps/suction	1	2.4%
3	Normal vaginal delivery	22	53.7%
4	Other	0	0%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	5
Sysmiss		2222

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 -,, 04, 05, 06, 07, 11, 12, 13, 14

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