NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 3180
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 15 NOVEMBER 2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 38)
Ms E More (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
What was the rate of (a) teenage pregnancies and (b) Vitamin A coverage
across the country in the (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13
financial years?
NW3738E
REPLY:
a) Teenage pregnancies
The National Department of Health does not collect statistics on
teenage pregnancies per ser, but the number of teenage pregnancies can
be estimated by taking into consideration the number of deliveries by
women <18 years of age during a specific period. The Table 1. below
reflects the situation in this regard.
|YEAR |2010-2011 |2011-2012 |2012-2013 |
|Total female population between the |3,152,543 |3,150,791 |3,144,585 |
|ages of 12 and 17 years | | | |
|Number of deliveries (women <18 |73,980 |75,287 |72,891 |
|years) | | | |
b) The Vitamin A coverage across the country was as follows:
i) 2010-2011: 97.4% for 6-11 months old children, 34.6%
for 12-59 months old children, and 92% for
postpartum women;
ii) 2011-2012: 107,9% FOR 6-11 months old children,
43,4% for 12-59 months old children, and 95,4% for
postpartum women;
iii) 2012-2013: 93,0% for 6-11 months old children, 42,8%
for 12-59 months old children, and 75,0% for
postpartum women.
END.