General household survey - Statistics South Africa

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5. Health
5.4 The household’s normal place of consultation by province
Thousands
South
Africa
Mpuma -
langa Limpopo
North
West Gauteng
KwaZulu-
Natal
Northern
Cape Free State
Eastern
Cape
Western
Cape
Place of consultation
Public hospital 262 128 26 39 288 51 405 69 121 1 389
Public clinic 565 1 330 213 537 1 855 683 1 986 690 1 120 8 979
Other in public sector 3 11 * 2 18 5 5 * 8 52
Total 830 1 470 240 578 2 161 738 2 396 759 1 249 10 420
Public sector
Private hospital 55 14 3 6 59 9 135 10 2 291
Private clinic 24 * 3 6 34 5 143 21 6 243
Private doctor/specialist 649 313 78 307 518 215 1 090 240 150 3 560
Traditional healer * * * 2 * * 6 2 4 18
Spiritual healers workplace/church * * * 1 3 * 9 6 12 33
Pharmacy/chemist 14 4 2 6 * 4 27 5 3 66
Health facility provided by employer * * * * * 27 * 3 * 34
Alternative medicine, e.g. homeopathist * * * * * * * * * *
Other in private sector 3 * * * * * * * * 11
Total 747 335 87 328 616 263 1 414 286 182 4 257
Private sector
Unspecified/Do not know 5 15 1 * 26 4 16 5 7 79
Total 5 15 1 * 26 4 16 5 7 79
Unspecified\Do not know
Total Total 1 581 1 820 327 907 2 802 1 006 3 826 1 050 1 437 14 756
Due to rounding numbers do not necessarily add up to totals
Numbers below 10 000 are too small to provide accurate estimates. Sensitive cells are indicated by an asterisk.
General Household Survey, July 2011