national burden of disease estimates

• Revised Burden of Disease Estimates for the Comparative Risk Factor Assessment, South Africa 2000 (pdf format, 259 kb)
  • Appendixes (pdf format, 399 kb) - methodological note
• Initial Burden of Disease Estimates for South Africa, 2000 - full report (pdf format, 454 kb)
• Initial estimates from the South African National Burden of Disease Study, 2000 - policy brief (March 2003) (pdf format, 430 kb)

The SA Burden of Disease study measured the number of deaths due to injury and various diseases. It also looked at disability due to these causes.

• Overall death statistics for South Africa
  Number of deaths per category for the population as a whole, and for men and women by age group.
• HIV/AIDS
  Estimates of the prevalence and incidence of HIV and the number of deaths due to AIDS
• Other infectious, maternal and childhood diseases
  Communicable disease, maternal causes, perinatal causes, nutritional deficiencies.
• Non-communicable diseases
  Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and other non-communicable diseases
• Injuries
  Leading causes of death due to injuries