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Mortality and Causes of Death, 2010

South Africans are faced with a double-edged problem: high number of deaths due to communicable diseases and rising deaths due to non-communicable diseases. The 2010 annual statistical release on Mortality and Causes of Death published by Statistics South Africa on 11 April 2013 presents key findings on the number of deaths that occurred in South   read more »


Mbalo Brief – April 2013

With the conclusion of the 5th summit of the BRICS countries at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Durban, it is starting to sink in among many South Africans that their country is a member state of this emerging economic group. BRICS is an economic grouping of five emerging markets comprising of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.   read more »


Mbalo Brief – February 2013

It’s hard to believe that 2012 is behind us, the Libyan civil war has ended, and South Africa has managed to host the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) at such short notice. As we convey our complements of the new season with the first issue of Mbalo Brief in 2013, we would like to also remind you   read more »


CensusHandBook - Using the 2001 Census: Approaches to analysing data

A collaboration between Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)read more »


report-03-06-01 - The coverage and quality of birth registration data in South Africa

The report examines the birth registration process with special reference to South Africa and focus on the content, coverage and the quality of the register. It estimates the completeness of the birth register for the nine provinces and the country as a whole. It also provides estimates of fertility based on data from register and compare those with estimates from Census. Furthermore, the report describes the levels and trends in birth registration over time. Lastly, it estimates patterns of future registrations and adjustment factors that could be used to make the register more robust for analysis purposes. read more »


D0405.5 - Statistics of the Tourism Satellite Account and assessment of data sources related to tourism in South Africa

The aim of this discussion document is to give an overview of the basic data requirements needed to compile a TSA, as well as to do an assessment of the data sources that are currently available in South Africa. This discussion document is also a follow-up on the discussion document Status of the tourism satellite account in South Africa (D0405.3) published on the Stats SA website (www.statssa.gov.za) in April 2005.read more »


D0405.4 - Country experience in the compilation of Tourism Satellite Accounts

The aim of this discussion document is to investigate international country experiences (international best practices) in compiling and populating the TSA tables (i.e. data sources used, assumptions made and ratios used), as well as to make recommendations for the development and compilation of the TSA tables for South Africa. read more »


Report-03-09-05 - Adult mortality (age 15-64) based on death notification data in South Africa

This analytical report analyses data for people age 15-64. In this report, the data on deaths by age, sex, and year of death are adjusted to take into account incompleteness of death registration. The report found that death rates rose for every five year age group between 1997 and 2004. Mortality from unnatural causes of death change little over this period.read more »


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