mortality

SA Life Expectancy Drops – SAIRR
The South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) says South Africans are dying younger and in greater numbers due to HIV/AIDS.

In its annual South Africa Survey, the SAIRR notes that, the average life expectancy, which declined from 62 years in 1990 to 50 years in 2007, is projected to fall even further by 2011, to 48 years for men and 51 for women.

The survey found that among 37 developed and developing countries, South Africa is one of only six where life expectancy fell between 1990 and 2007, with only Zimbabwe showing a steeper decline.

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IRIN News
Zimbabwe Cholera Cases Could Double
- cholera
- disease
- mortality
- Zimbabwe
The collapsed health, water and sanitation systems in Zimbabwe is compounding the raging cholera epidemic in the country, which according to medical experts could see the number of cholera cases double to 123 000 and go beyond May.

According to aid agencies, the number of people dying at home, with no access to healthcare and little money for basic dehydration products such as sugar and salt, is now at 60 percent.

The outbreak is continuing to make inroads into rural areas and threatening neighbouring countries.

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<br />Sapa- DPA

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AIDS-Related Deaths Falling in SA
- HIV and AIDS
- mortality
A new report from Statistics South Africa has found that the rate of increase in deaths among young adults appears to have slowed since the government began providing AIDS drugs.

The report shows that the number of deaths in people aged between 30 and 34 rose 17 percent between 2002 and 2003, rising from 47 208 to 55 301. Deaths in this age group climbed a further 5,9 percent in 2004, rose another 1,7 percent in 2005 and then fell very slightly (0,3 percent) in 2006.

However, UCT demographer, Rob Dorrington, is of the view that very little is offered by way of interpretation of the results. “The pattern and trend are uniquely associated with deaths due to AIDS and yet Stats SA seems to be avoiding, almost studiously, even the suggestion that this is an explanation,” he says.

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Business Day