sahr2001 - Health Systems Trust

African
Coloured
Indian/Asian
White
All groups
Percentage pregnant women who received antenatal care
1998 2 94.8 91.8 93.4 88.4 94.2
Percentage of pregnant women who received tetanus toxoid vaccine
1998 2 65.3 31.0 34.4 11.3 58.8
Percentage women with medical assistance at delivery
1998 2 82.1 94.8 99.1 99.0 84.4
Percentage women 15-49 who use a modern contraceptive method
1998 sexually active 2 57.6 68.4 80.1 74.9 61.2
Teenage Pregnancy
1998 ever pregnant 2 17.8 19.3 4.3 2.2 16.4
1998 mothers 2 14.2 15.7 2.9 2.2 13.2
Percentage men with painful urination, genital symptoms
1998 2 12.1 5.6 3.8 1.7 11.9
1. Ref: DHIS Dec 2001
2. Ref: SADHS 1998
3. Note: Data only available for perinatal care in public sector institutions.
Ref: Saving Babies
4. Note: Definition according to this source is: Percentage of all live births during a specific year, to women younger than 20 years of age irrespective of their marital
status.
Ref: Development Bank 1994 (Table 24: Annexure A pg 90)
5. Note: Caution should be exercised in interpreting the percentage of TOPs by maternal age, due to the high proportion of unknown data. In particular, the province
providing the most TOPs, Gauteng, does not supply any data by maternal age, which therefore also distorts the national average.
Ref: RRA Barometer Aug 2001
Nutrition
Iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs) result in a spectrum of ill health, such as
mental and psychomotor impairment, and cretinism in severe cases. Past
surveys have identified widespread iodine deficiency, evidenced by a high
goitre prevalence, resulting in government regulations to enforce a minimum
iodate concentration in all salt. The IDD Survey 2000 found just over 10%
of schools whose pupils had low median iodine concentrations, indicating a
degree of dietary iodine deficiency. Over 25% of salt samples had