Metric | South Africa | Western Cape | KwaZulu Natal | Limpopo | North West | |||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Wealth quintiles | ||||||||||
Lowest | 2.7 | 25.5 | 27.6 | 14.7 | ||||||
Second | 7.5 | 22.6 | 40.7 | 29.1 | ||||||
Middle | 11.8 | 20.6 | 17.8 | 30.3 | ||||||
Fourth | 32.1 | 15.8 | 7.7 | 18.7 | ||||||
Highest | 45.8 | 15.4 | 6.2 | 7.3 | ||||||
Primary source of income | ||||||||||
Salary | 58.6 | 72.9 | 54.6 | 42.8 | 53.2 | |||||
Remittances | 9.4 | 2.7 | 10.7 | 16.3 | 12.2 | |||||
Pensions | 2.2 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 | |||||
Grants | 19.9 | 10.3 | 24.6 | 30.4 | 24.2 | |||||
Other sources | 9.9 | 9.9 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 8.5 | |||||
Household type | ||||||||||
Other | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Informal | 13.1 | 19 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 18.6 | |||||
Traditional | 5 | 0 | 12.6 | 2.2 | 0.5 | |||||
Formal | 81.1 | 79.6 | 80.5 | 93 | 80.9 | |||||
Household services | ||||||||||
Household piped water | 89 | 98.7 | 86.6 | 74.1 | 85.2 | |||||
Household mains electricity | 84.7 | 87.9 | 83.5 | 92.7 | 83.7 | |||||
Household sanitation | 83 | 93.8 | 81.4 | 58.9 | 70.6 | |||||
Medical insurance coverage | ||||||||||
Male | 36.3 | 11.3 | 13.4 | 15.7 | ||||||
Female | 30.1 | 12.7 | 10.5 | 14.9 | ||||||
Healthcare facility consulted first | ||||||||||
Public clinic | 64.9 | 43.7 | 73.9 | 78.1 | 72.3 | |||||
Public hospital | 6.1 | 12.4 | 4.7 | 7.8 | 2.6 | |||||
Other public institution | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |||||
Private clinic | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1 | |||||
Private hospital | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | |||||
Private doctor | 24.2 | 39.8 | 18.3 | 11.1 | 19.7 | |||||
Traditional healer | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 | |||||
Pharmacy | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||||
Other | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.6 | |||||
Problems in accessing healthcare | ||||||||||
Obtaining permission | 7.2 | 23.9 | 22.8 | 10.6 | ||||||
Money for payment | 16 | 27.8 | 37.5 | 32.9 | ||||||
Distance to travel | 11.3 | 29.7 | 33.1 | 31.8 | ||||||
Not wanting to go alone | 8.6 | 24.6 | 18.8 | 17.4 | ||||||
Satisfaction with healthcare facilities | ||||||||||
Public/government | ||||||||||
Very satisfied | 53.8 | 47.9 | 50.8 | 72.1 | 40.3 | |||||
Somewhat satisfied | 26.5 | 21.6 | 31.7 | 15.7 | 26 | |||||
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied | 9.5 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 5.1 | 15.1 | |||||
Somewhat dissatisfied | 5 | 8.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.3 | |||||
Very dissatisfied | 5.2 | 10.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 13.4 | |||||
Private | ||||||||||
Very satisfied | 92.6 | 93.7 | 89.3 | 91.9 | 89 | |||||
Somewhat satisfied | 5 | 3.7 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 9.1 | |||||
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied | 1.3 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.3 | |||||
Somewhat dissatisfied | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | |||||
Very dissatisfied | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.4 | |||||
Distribution of death | ||||||||||
0 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 6.3 | ||||||
1–14 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 3.5 | ||||||
15–44 | 24.3 | 30.7 | 21.8 | 27.4 | ||||||
45–64 | 30.6 | 26.7 | 31 | 30 | ||||||
65+ | 40.1 | 35.6 | 46.3 | 32.7 | ||||||
Unspecified | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | ||||||
Leading natural cause of death (all ages) | ||||||||||
TB | 1st | 6.5 | 5th | 5.1 | 1st | 7.6 | 4th | 5.5 | 1st | 7.4 |
Diabetes | 2nd | 5.5 | 1st | 7.7 | 2nd | 7.4 | 2nd | 6.3 | 6th | 4.7 |
Other forms of heart disease | 3rd | 5.1 | 10th | 3.1 | 3rd | 66 | 8th | 3.3 | 3rd | 5.5 |
Cerebrovascular diseases | 4th | 5.1 | 5th | 6 | 3rd | 5.8 | 7th | 4.3 | ||
HIV | 5th | 4.8 | 2nd | 6.2 | 4th | 6.2 | 7th | 3.4 | 8th | 3.4 |
Hypertensive diseases | 6th | 4.4 | 9th | 3.9 | 7th | 3.8 | 5th | 5.4 | 2nd | 5.8 |
Influenza and pneumonia | 7th | 4.3 | 1st | 7.6 | 5th | 5 | ||||
Other viral diseases | 8th | 3.6 | 8th | 3.6 | 6th | 5.2 | 4th | 5 | ||
Ischaemic heart diseases | 9th | 2.8 | 3rd | 6 | 9th | 2.8 | ||||
Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 10th | 2.8 | 6th | 4.9 | 10th | 2.7 | ||||
Malignant neoplasm—digestive | 7th | 4.6 | 10th | 2.2 | ||||||
Malignant neoplasm—intrathoracic | 8th | 4.6 | ||||||||
Intestinal infectious diseases | 9th | 2.9 | ||||||||
Renal failure | 10th | 2 | ||||||||
Other disorders involving immune mechanism | 9th | 3.2 | ||||||||
Non-natural causes of death (all ages) | ||||||||||
Transport accidents | 7.5 | 13 | 31.8 | 16.1 | ||||||
Other accidental injuries | 64 | 67.1 | 56.1 | 65.3 | ||||||
Intentional self-harm | 0.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||||||
Assault | 24.4 | 13.7 | 8 | 12.7 | ||||||
Complications of medical and surgical care | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; TB, tuberculosis.