The 2nd South African National Burden of Disease (2nd SANBD) and Comparative Risk Assessment Study (2nd SACRA) will make use of a disability adjusted life years (DALY) measure to assess the burden of disease for South Africa. The DALY is desirable for health decision making since it quantifies the extent of mortality, morbidity and disability in a single unit making it an ideal measure to assess diseases of priority, guide resource allocation and monitor the impact of health programmes. A DALY calculation consists of various parameters which requires different value choices.

The 2016 South Africa Demographic and Health Survey (SADHS 2016) is the third DHS survey to be conducted in South Africa in collaboration with the worldwide Demographic and Health Survey Program.

• South Africa
• Eastern Cape
• Free State
• Gauteng
• KwaZulu-Natal

The Eastern Cape Province Cancer Registry is one of the long-term projects established by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC). The main objective of the Registry is to provide timely, complete, comparable and high-quality cancer data to policy makers, health professionals, researchers,  non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and communities for better planning and feedback. It is one of the stable rural population-based cancer registries in the African continent and has developed as the only functional population-based cancer registry in South Africa.

• Western Cape Mortality Profile 2013
• Western Cape Mortality Profile 2012
• Western Cape Mortality Profile 2011
• Western Cape Mortality Profile 2010

• Cause of death certification: A guide for completing the Notice of Death/Stillbirth (DHA-1663) – July 2012 link to Stats SA guideline
• Getting right the facts of death pamphlet - July 2012 
• Cause of death certification: Case scenario workbook - July 2012 link to Stats SA

• South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2003 – 2007 (Full report)
• Food and Nutrient availability in South African households – June 2002 
• Trends in South African fertility between 1970 and 1998 – January 2002 

• The Ceres Population study of the Injury Burden, 2008
• Hypertension management and surveillance at primary care level: A situational analysis in the Limpopo Province – February 2003 
• Evaluation Of Hospital Information System in the Northern Province In South Africa - Using Outcome Measures – May 2002 

• Western Cape Burden of Disease Reduction Project (Abbreviated Report) – 2008 
• South African Comparative Risk Assessment, 2000. Summary Report – 2008 
• Estimating the burden of alcohol abuse in South Africa in 2000.