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Burden of Disease Research Unit

SA Demographic & Health Survey 1998

Findings

Key findings of the survey

Mortality rates

  • Infant mortality rate: 45 per 1000 live births
  • Under-5 mortality rate: 59 per 1000 live births
  • Child mortality rate: 15 per 1000 live births
  • Maternal mortality ratio: 150 per 100,000 births

*Immunisation coverage in children aged 12-23 months (%)

Total: 63
Urban: 67 
Non-urban: 60
Male: 65
Female: 62

Percent of children 12-23 months with road-to-health card: 75

Breastfeeding (% of infants)

Exclusive breastfeeding 0-3 months: 10
Not breastfed 0-3 months: 17

Knowledge of HIV/AIDS (% of women 15-49): 97

Perceptions about HIV/AIDS (% of women 15-49)

  • People can protect themselves from HIV/AIDS by using condoms:

    True: 87
    False: 7

  • People can protect themselves from HIV/AIDS by avoiding public toilets

    True: 24
    False: 65

Condom use (% of sexually active women 15-49)

Ever used condom: 22
Used condom at last sex: 8

Total fertility rate: 2.9 children per woman

**Contraceptive prevalence (%): 61

Treatment of women (%)

Ever abused by partner: 13
Abused when pregnant: 4
Ever raped: 4

Antenatal care from doctor/nurse (% of  births): 94

Assistance during delivery (% of  births in last 5 years)

Doctor: 30
Nurse/midwife: 54

Smoking rate (% of adults age 15+)

All adults: 24
Men: 42
Women: 11
Adolescents age 15-19:  10

Reported asthma prevalence (% of adults age 15+):

Men: 7
Women: 9

Prevalence of hypertension (% of adults age 15+)

Men: 11
Women: 13

Percentage of hypertensives who were controlled

Men: 9
Women: 23

Overweight (% of adults age 15+)

Men: 29
Women: 55

Obesity (% of adults age 15+)

Men: 9
Women: 29

* Childhood immunisation coverage is the percentage of children aged 12-23 month who have received BCG, three doses of DPT and polio, and measles vaccines.

** Contraceptive prevalence refers to the percentage of all secually active women age 15-49 who are using a modern contraceptive method.

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