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17 • Health and Related Indicators
gestation or 1000g) and ends at the end of the 7th day after delivery. Perinatal
deaths are the sum of stillbirths plus early neonatal deaths.
The current WHO definition of PNMR is the number of deaths from 24
weeks gestation/500g to 28 days neonatal life.
The PNMR is the most sensitive indicator of obstetric care. For developed
countries the rate for babies over 1000g is usually less than 6/1000 births,
whereas for developing countries PNMR ranges from 30-200.
Under 5 mortality rate: The number of children under 5 years old who die in
a year, per 1000 live births during the year.
Eastern Cape
Free State
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal
Mpumalanga
Northern Cape
Northern Province
North West
Western Cape
South Africa
Infant Mortality Rate
1998 1 61.2 53.0 36.3 52.1 47.3 41.8 37.2 42.0 30.0 45.0
1998 Rural 2 - - - - - - - - - 52.2
1998 Urban 2 - - - - - - - - - 32.6
Life expectancy at birth
1996 3 60.4 52.8 59.6 53.0 53.5 55.6 60.1 53.3 60.8 57.0
1996 Rural 3 - - - - - - - - - 58.0
1996 Urban 3 - - - - - - - - - 56.2
2000 ASSA2000 change/no change 4 - - - - - - - - - 56.0
2005 ASSA2000 change 4 - - - - - - - - - 47.0
2005 ASSA2000 no change 4 - - - - - - - - - 46.0
2015 ASSA2000 change 4 - - - - - - - - - 46.0
2015 ASSA2000 no change 4 - - - - - - - - - 41.0
2011 high estimate 5 67.6 68.1 68.9 68.1 67.8 68.7 67.7 67.7 69.4 69.4
2011 low estimate 5 46.3 47.1 50.0 47.7 46.4 53.0 45.1 46.0 55.6 50.3
Maternal mortality ratio
1998 6,7 - 135 67 - - - - - 50 150
Perinatal Mortality Rate
2000 Public sector 8 - - 32.1 - - - - - 18.4 40.0
Under 5 mortality rate
1998 1 80.5 72.0 45.3 74.5 63.7 55.5 52.3 56.0 39.0 61.0
1998 Rural 2 - - - - - - - - - 71.2
1998 Urban 2 - - - - - - - - - 43.2
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