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South Africa

What data is expected?

Key national indicators on health outcomes and reproductive health. At minimum we assess national aggregates, split by sex, age, disease type and other criteria from our research handbook.

  • Immunization rates
  • Disease prevalence
  • Maternal mortality rate
  • Infant mortality rate
  • Fertility rate
  • Stunting rate
  • Over-/ underweight rate
  • Disaggregation by sex/age
  • None of the above

How open is the data?

All answers

Question Answer Comment
Available free of charge Yes
Downloadable Yes
Publicly available Yes
Openly licenced No no clear indication.
Up-to-date Yes
In an open and machine-readable format pdf
location https://www.statssa.gov.za/MDG/MDG_Country%20Report_Fina - Immunization rates (page 70): 2001 - 2014, , https://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0318/P03182009. - Disease prevalence (page 88): 2009, https://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0318/P03182010. - Disease prevalence (page 87): 2010, https://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0318/P03182016. - Disease prevalence (page 114): 2016, https://www.statssa.gov.za/MDG/MDG_Country%20Report_Fina - Maternal mortality rate (page XXV), Stunting rate, Over-/underweight rate (page XIX) 1990, 2015, https://interactive.statssa.gov.za:8282/webview/ - Nesstar web page - some datasets available for download.
Collected by government Yes
findable_steps Review of initial submission, ODIN and web s
characteristics Immunization rates, Disease prevalence, Maternal mortality rate, Stunting rate, Over-/ underweight rate, Disaggregation by sex/age
Controlled access Yes
Collector name Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

Meta data

Data location   https://www.statssa.gov.za/MDG/MDG_Country%20Report_Fina - Immunization rates (page 70): 2001 - 2014,
   https://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0318/P03182009. - Disease prevalence (page 88): 2009
    https://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0318/P03182010. - Disease prevalence (page 87): 2010
   https://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0318/P03182016. - Disease prevalence (page 114): 2016
   https://www.statssa.gov.za/MDG/MDG_Country%20Report_Fina - Maternal mortality rate (page XXV), Stunting rate, Over-/underweight rate (page XIX) 1990, 2015
   https://interactive.statssa.gov.za:8282/webview/ - Nesstar web page - some datasets available for download.
Data licence   Unknown
Data format   Unknown
Reviewer   Codrina Maria Ilie
Submitters   Codrina Maria Ilie
Last modified   Sat Jul 28 2018 01:11:43 GMT+0000 (UTC)