Chronic Respiratory Disease Mortality by Occupation in South Africa, 2013-2019
by Asanda Mkulisi·Updated 1mo ago
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Description
From 2013 to 2019, this dataset contains 2,373,703 registered deaths in South Africa, with 79,840 (3.4%) identified as due to chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs). The study by Asanda Mkulisi uses ICD-10 codes and multivariable logistic regression to analyze the association between occupation and CRD mortality, providing adjusted odds ratios for various occupational groups.
Use Cases
Analyzing occupational risk disparities for chronic respiratory diseases based on adjusted odds ratios for different job categories.
Studying demographic patterns in CRD mortality based on variables like age group, sex, education level, and population group.
Modeling the association between specific occupations and leading causes like COPD (J44) and asthma (J45) using the provided statistical methods.
Investigating temporal and provincial trends in occupational mortality from 2013 to 2019 across South Africa.
Strengths
Contains 2,373,703 death records over a 7-year period (2013-2019), providing substantial temporal coverage.
Includes 79,840 identified CRD deaths with detailed breakdowns by specific ICD-10 codes (e.g., COPD accounted for 40,180 deaths).
Analysis controls for multiple potential confounders including age, sex, education, marital status, smoking, province, population group, and year of death.
Model performance was assessed using statistical tests (Hosmer-Lemeshow, AUC, classification accuracy).
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count for the underlying dataset is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Data is limited to deaths with a known occupation and certified cause, which may introduce selection bias.
Provenance
Source
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)
Collection Method
Analytical cross-sectional study using secondary national mortality data.
Time Range
2013 to 2019
Freshness
Last updated 2026-04-22 14:32:13; freshness should be verified.
Geography
South Africa (all nine provinces)
File format is DTA (Stata), which requires specific software to open.