Figure 1.
Estimated completeness of death reporting in South Africa: 1994–2007.
Notes: *1999 and 2004 are used as midpoints between Census 1996 and Census 2001, and Census 2001 and Community Survey 2007, respectively. **Estimates apply to ages 5–85 years. 2004 was used as midpoint for the period 2001–2007. While the source [33] includes separate GGB and SEG estimates, this graph shows an average of GGB and SEG estimates combined. GGB – Generalized Growth Balance Method; SEG – Synthetic Extinct Generations Method. Source: Compiled by the authors from: Stats SA, 2006, [41] 2009, [40] 2010; [17] Dorrington et al., 2001; [31] Dorrington et al., 2004; [32] Machemedze, 2009; [43] Dorrington & Bradshaw, 2011 [33].
Figure 2.
A. Number of standard deviations by age and sex for South Africa, 2007: HIV/AIDS deaths included.
The number of standard deviation by which observed broad-cause mortality proportions differ from mean predicted proportions when the estimated number of HIV/AIDS deaths are included in the analysis. B. Number of standard deviations by age and sex for South Africa, 2007: HIV/AIDS deaths excluded. The number of standard deviation by which observed broad-cause mortality proportions differ from mean predicted proportions when the estimated number of HIV/AIDS deaths are not included in the analysis. Source: Mortality data for 2007 from StatsSA vital registration data; [16] HIV/AIDS estimates from Bradshaw et al.; [26] population data from ASSA2008; [14] GDP data from StatsSA [25].
Figure 3.
Proportion of total deaths due to leading categories and causes of death, 1997–2007.
Source: Vital registration data from StatsSA [16].
Table 1.
Percentage of total deaths assigned selected ill-defined and non-specific codes by province of death occurrence, South Africa, 1997–2007.