Table 3 Number of deaths at national level with unusable codes and percent in each category of unusable code
Year | Number of deaths with unusable code | Signs, symptoms, Ill-defined COD (Cat 1) | Impossible COD (Cat 2) | Intermediate COD (Cat 3) | Immediate COD (Cat 4) | Insufficiently specified COD (Cat 5) | % Total unuseable codes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | 9536 | 0.3% | 3.4% | 29.8% | 0.0% | 66.5% | 100% |
2015 | 14,531 | 0.3% | 1.4% | 37.3% | 0.0% | 61.1% | 100% |
2016 | 14,607 | 0.2% | 0.9% | 37.6% | 0.0% | 61.3% | 100% |
2017 | 15,115 | 0.4% | 1.0% | 43.3% | 0.0% | 55.4% | 100% |
2018 | 11,574 | 11.4% | 1.6% | 36.8% | 0.0% | 50.2% | 100% |
Mean | 13,073 | 2.5% | 1.7% | 37.0% | 0.0% | 58.9% | 100% |