sahr2001 - Health Systems Trust

17 • Health and Related Indicators
Syphilis prevalence rates by age in the different provinces reflect a different
trend from HIV infection. A steady and significant decline in prevalence rates
among pregnant women in all age groups was recorded at national level for
the past three years. At national level, the syphilis infection rate is estimated
to be 4.9% in 2000 compared to 6.5% in 1999 and 10.8% in 1998. However,
provincial syphilis prevalence trends across the nine provinces showed less
consistency than the age group estimates [Antenatal Survey 2000]. There
also appear to be some problems with the provincial data supplied by the
Department of Health when compared to data supplied for the same time
period in previous years, and compared to data reported by some individual
provinces based on the same survey. To date, it has not been possible to
obtain clarification on this issue.
Definitions:
Reported cases: Number of cases of the condition reported to the Department
of Health per 100 000 population (for the year). Population denominators
are from StatsSA mid-year population estimates for the relevant year. Where
available estimates ‘With AIDS’ have been used.
Case Fatality Rate: Number of deaths due to the condition divided by the
number of cases expressed as a percentage.
New smear +ve cases cured (%): Percentage of new smear positive pulmonary
tuberculosis cases cured.
Syphilis prevalence rate (%) (antenatal): Percentage of women surveyed testing
positive for syphilis.
Eastern Cape
Free State
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal
Mpumalanga
Northern Cape
Northern Province
North West
Western Cape
South Africa
Reported cases of cholera (per 100 000)
2000 1 - - - - - - - - - 23.5
Case Fatality Rate: cholera
2000 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.8
Reported cases of malaria (per 100 000)
1998 2 0.1 0.9 2.0 153.0 200.0 0.9 65.0 5.6 0.7 160.0
1999 3 - - - 305.2 390.9 - 212.5 - - 119.7
2000 3 - - - 471.8 412.3 - 141.2 - - 143.1
Case Fatality Rate: malaria
1999 3 - - - 0.8 0.6 - 1.0 - - 0.8
2000 3 - - - 0.8 0.4 - 0.5 - - 0.7
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