1. The Medical Research Council
Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Health
April 12, 2005

4. HIV prevalence levels by sex and age group in 2004

5. Note : RPR trends by age are shown from 1998 when these became available

6. Number of associated deaths for the ten leading reported natural causes of death in 2001
Percentage
Tuberculosis
Influenza and pneumonia
Other forms of heart disease
Stroke
Hypertensive heart disease
Chronic bronchitis
General Symptoms and Signs
Ischaemic heart disease
Resp and cardiac in perinatal period
Diabetes mellitus
HIV disease
TOTAL
56 985
55 115
48 927
31 104
27 622
20 136
19 454
17 380
17 191
16 207
9 479
16.1
15.5
13.7
8.7
7.8
5.9
5.7
5.1
4.8
2.8
100
Careful interpretation of the mortality profile in South Africa indicates a quadruple burden of disease with the addition of HIV/AIDS to a combination of pre-transitional conditions related to under-development and poverty, such as, tuberculosis and diarrhoeal diseases, the emerging chronic conditions associated with a Western lifestyle and high rates of injuries all contributing substantially to the number of deaths (Bradshaw et al., 2003). This slide shows the Top twenty single causes of premature mortality
Top cause of premature mortality is AIDS followed by homicide, TB, RTAs and Diarrhoea
Again the quadruple burden is demonstrated with HIV/AIDS deaths, Injury deaths due to homicide, RTA, suicide, group 1 deaths due to TB, Diarrhoea, LBW etc and Group 2 deaths such as Stroke, IHD, DM and hypertension appearing amongst top twenty causes of premature mortality.
Source: Statistics South Africa 2005