Introduction

Stastistics South Africa (Stats SA), in partnership with the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), conducted the South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2016 (SADHS 2016) at the request of the National Department of Health (NDoH). Technical assistance was provided through The DHS Program. Timely information about the health of the nation is essential for monitoring and evaluation. Survey data collection took place from 27 June 2016 to 4 November 2016.

Documents

Overview of the Burden of Disease Review Manager

Burden of Disease studies aim to provide a comprehensive assessment of mortality, ill-health and disability experienced in the population. The Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY) is a summary measure that combines the health loss from premature mortality (Years of Life Lost [YLLs]) as well as the loss from disability associated with non-fatal outcomes (Years of Life Lived with Disability [YLDs]) (Murray et al., 1996; Mathers et al., 2001).

Frere Hospital is a provincial government-funded referral hospital situated in East London in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It has an Oncology and Radiation Department that offers oncology services to patients coming from municipalities of Buffalo City, Amathole, OR Tambo, Chris Hani, uKhahlamba, Alfred Nzo and Cacadu. A few patients from Nelson Mandela Municipality and even outside the Eastern Cape Province are also treated. Hospital-based cancer incidence has been investigated periodically since the late 1950’s in this setting.

Executive Summary

The Burden of Disease Research Unit at the South African Medical Research Council is currently undertaking the Second National Burden of Disease study for South Africa (SA NBD2). Despite South Africa having data sources to estimate mortality, data to estimate non-fatal burden are sparse. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study and the WHO Burden of Disease Study produced years of life lived with a disability (YLDs) by causes, disease categories and broad cause group for South Africa that could be used to fill this gap.

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