Burden of Disease Research Unit
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E-mail: debbie.bradshaw@mrc.ac.za
 Latest releases
- Rapid Mortality Surveillance Report 2011 (pdf format, 1807 kb)
- Western Cape Mortaliity Profile 2009 (pdf format, 516 kb)
- Nannan N, Dorrington RE, Laubscher R, Zinyakatira N, Prinsloo M, Darikwa TB, Matzopoulos R, Bradshaw D. “Under-5 mortality statistics in South Africa: Shedding some light on the trends and causes 1997-2007.” Cape Town: South African Medical Research Council, 2012. (pdf format, 1650 kb)
- Non-Communicable Diseases – A race against time. Policy Brief: September 2011 (pdf format, 665 kb)
- Cause of death statistics for South Africa: Challenges and possibilities for improvement (pdf format, 640kb)
- Cause of death and premature mortality in Cape Winelands and Overberg Districts 2004-2006 (pdf format, 260kb)
- Cause of death and premature mortality in Cape Town, 5 November 2008 (pdf format, 649 kb)
- South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2003 (Full report)
- Cancer Incidence in Selected Municipalities of
the Eastern Cape Province, 1998-2002.
PROMEC Cancer Registry Summary Report,
March 2008 (pdf format, 312 kb)
Outputs
- 2012 (pdf
format, 14 kb)
- 2011 (pdf
format, 30 kb)
- 2010 (pdf
format, 41 kb)
- 2007 - 2009 (pdf
format, 111 kb)
- 2006 (pdf
format, 31 kb)
- 2004 - 2005 (pdf
format, 41 kb)
- 2002
- 2003 (pdf
format, 49 kb)
- 2001 (pdf
format, 13 kb)
- 2000 (pdf
format, 29 kb)
- 1999 (pdf
format, 11 kb)
Technical
reports
- Western Cape Mortaliity Profile 2009 (pdf format, 516 kb)
- Nannan N, Dorrington RE, Laubscher R, Zinyakatira N, Prinsloo M, Darikwa TB, Matzopoulos R, Bradshaw D. “Under-5 mortality statistics in South Africa: Shedding some light on the trends and causes 1997-2007.” Cape Town: South African Medical Research Council, 2012. (pdf format, 1650 kb)
- South African Comparative Risk Assessment, 2000. Summary Report. (pdf format, 3295 kb)
- Estimating the burden of alcohol abuse in South Africa in 2000 (pdf format, 362 kb)
- Cancer Incidence in Selected Municipalities of the
Eastern Cape Province, 1998-2002 (pdf format, 405 kb)
- 17 Risk Factors - South African Comparative Risk assessment. Supplement published in August 2007 edition of SAMJ, posted here with permission of the editor
- South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2003 (Full report)
- Cancer Incidence in Selected Municipalities of
the Eastern Cape Province, 1998-2002.
PROMEC Cancer Registry Summary Report,
March 2008 (pdf format, 312 kb)
- The Demographic Impact of HIV/AIDS in South Africa: National and Provincial Indicators for 2006, November 2006 (pdf format,
542 kb)
- Cancer Incidence in Selected Municipalities of the
Eastern Cape Province, 1998-2002 (pdf format, 405 kb)
- The Demographic Impact of HIV/AIDS in South Africa: National Indicators for 2004, November 2004 (pdf format, 215 kb)
- Estimates of Injury Mortality and Disability based on the Cape Metropole Study (pdf format, 357 kb)
- Cause of death and premature mortality in the Boland Overberg region (pdf format, 359 kb)
- South African National Burden of Disease Study 2000: Estimates of Provincial Mortality
- Health Status. Chapter in the South African Health Review 2003/2004 published by HST. Authors: Debbie Bradshaw and Nadine Nannan.
- Trends in Youth Risk for HIV. Chapter in South African Health Review 2003/2004 published by HST. Aurthor/s: Debbie Bradshaw, Audrey Pettifor, Catherine MacPhail and Rob Dorrington
- Health of Older Persons. Chapter in South African Health Review 2003/2004 published by HST. Aurthor/s: Jane Joubert and Debbie Bradshaw
- Bradshaw D, Laubscher R, Dorrington R, Bourne DE, Timæus IM. Unabated rise in number of adult deaths in South Africa. S Afr Med J 2004; 94(4): 278-279. (pdf format, 474 kb)
- Scientific letter to be published in April 2004 edition of SAMJ, posted here with permission of the editor.
- Mortality
Profile from Registered Deaths for Limpopo Province, South Africa
1997- 2001 (pdf format, 245 kb)
- Cape
Town Mortality, 2001, Part I -Cause of death and premature mortality (pdf
format, 554 kb)
- Cape
Town Mortality, 2001, Part II - An equity lens – lessons
and challenges (pdf
format, 77 kb)
- Cape
Town Mortality, 2001, Part III - Cause of death profiles for
each sub- district (pdf format, 194 kb)
- Hypertension
management and surveillance at primary care level: A situational
analysis in the Limpopo Province (pdf format, 128 kb)
- Initial
Burden of Disease Estimates for South Africa, 2000 (pdf
format, 454 kb)
- HIV/AIDS
profile in the provinces of South Africa - indicators for 2002
and trends for each province. (pdf format, 2.14 Mb)
- Food
and Nutrient availability in South African households (pdf
format, 166 kb)
- Evaluation
Of Hospital Information System in the Northern Province In South
Africa - Using Outcome Measures (pdf
format, 382 kb)
- Poverty
and Chronic Diseases in South Africa 2001 (pdf format, 770
kb)
- Estimates of the Level and Shape of Mortality Rates in South Africa Around 1985 and 1990 Derived by Applying Indirect Demographic Techniques to Reported Deaths (pdf format, 622 kb)
- Cause
of death profile South Africa, 1996 (pdf format, 82kb)
- Socio-Demographic
Profile of the magisterial District of Hlabisa (pdf
format, 1110 kb)
- The
setting of health research priorities in South Africa
- Trends
in South African fertility between 1970 and 1998 (pdf
format, 420 kb)
- The
Impact of HIV/AIDS on Adult Mortality in South Africa - 2001
- SA
Demographic and Health survey - 1998
Methodological Notes
Summary Reports
- Western Cape Burden of Disease Reduction Project (Abbreviated Report 2008) (pdf format, 4320kb)
- South African National Burden of Disease Study 2000: Estimates of Provincial Mortality, Summary Report, March 2006 (pdf format,
256 kb)
- South African National Burden of Disease Study: Estimates of Provincial Mortality 2000 - Western Cape Province (pdf format, 162 kb)
- South African National Burden of Disease Study: Estimates of Provincial Mortality 2000 - Eastern Cape Province (pdf format, 166 kb)
- South African National Burden of Disease Study: Estimates of Provincial Mortality 2000 - North West Province (pdf format, 223 kb)
- South African National Burden of Disease Study: Estimates of Provincial Mortality 2000 - Northern Cape Province (pdf format, 163 kb)
- South African National Burden of Disease Study: Estimates of Provincial Mortality 2000 - Mpumalanga Province (pdf format, 221 kb)
- South African National Burden of Disease Study: Estimates of Provincial Mortality 2000 - Limpopo Province (pdf format, 163 kb)
- South African National Burden of Disease Study: Estimates of Provincial Mortality 2000 - KwaZulu-Natal Province (pdf format, 220 kb)
- South African National Burden of Disease Study: Estimates of Provincial Mortality 2000 - Gauteng Province (pdf format, 163 kb)
- South African National Burden of Disease Study: Estimates of Provincial Mortality 2000 - Free State Province (pdf format, 163 kb)
Policy briefs
- Key Findings Cause of death and premature mortality in Cape Town 2001 - 2006 (pdf format, 941kb)
- Every death counts: Saving the lives of mothers, babies and children in South Africa (pdf format, 1213 kb) - a new report gives unified recommendations based on clinical audits of deaths that occur in hospitals and identifies specific actions for government officials and policymakers, health managers and healthcare providers to save lives. A supplementary information sheet (pdf format, 358 kb) gives the latest statistics on maternal and child mortality.
- Non-Communicable Diseases – A race against time. Policy Brief: September 2011 (pdf format, 665 kb)
- Cause of death in Cape Town,
Key findings (September 2004) (pdf format, 797 kb)
- What
are the leading causes of death among South African children? (December
2003) (pdf format, 279 kb)
- Initial
estimates from the South African National Burden of Disease Study,
2000 (March 2003) (pdf format, 430 kb)
- Orphans
of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The time to act is now (May
2002) (pdf
format, 246kb)
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