NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 754
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 14 AUGUST 2009
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 9)
Ms E More (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
In each of the three most recent specified years for which information is
available, how many (a) adults and (b) children under the age of five years
(i) were treated for and (ii) died from diarrhoea in each province?
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REPLY:
a) The Department of Health does not collect statistics for adults who
were treated for or died from diarrhoea.
(b) (i) Diarrhoea in children under five years of age â treated:
| |2006 |2007 |2008 |
|Eastern Cape |66,286 |64,305 |84,318 |
|Free State |22,959 |21,789 |25,066 |
|Gauteng |58,403 |52,693 |56,629 |
|KwaZulu-Natal |243,827 |239,745 |235,421 |
|Limpopo |118,873 |115,421 |119,701 |
|Mpumalanga |44,530 |38,853 |37,652 |
|North West |44,828 |41,322 |41,133 |
|Northern Cape |22,309 |19,821 |18,695 |
|Western Cape |52,172 |57,461 |69,096 |
|South Africa |674,187 |651,410 |687,711 |
(ii) Deaths from Diarrhoea in children under five years of age:
| |2006 |2007 |2008 |
|Eastern Cape |167 |243 |536 |
|Free State |345 |276 |607 |
|Gauteng |27 |188 |221 |
|KwaZulu-Natal |988 |691 |543 |
|Limpopo |521 |563 |541 |
|Mpumalanga |117 |411 |331 |
|North West |57 |236 |361 |
|Northern Cape |87 |119 |221 |
|Western Cape |Â No data |No data |24 |
|South Africa |2,309 |2,727 |3,385 |
Note: Figures extracted from DHIS, 4th September 2009
Increase in number of deaths is due, at least in part, to
improved reporting rates from hospitals (where most deaths
occur).
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