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Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Health Data

Statistics South Africa

HDB-0209

South Africa's official statistics agency providing vital statistics on recorded live births, perinatal deaths, mortality, causes of death, marriages, and divorces, alongside health-related data from surveys like the General Household Survey and Living Conditions Survey. The agency collects population and health data through integrated national surveys supporting evidence-based policy development.

Category

Open dataset

Access

Open access

Region

Africa — South Africa

Coverage

National coverage, South Africa

Data types

vital statistics, mortality, births, population health, household surveys

vital statistics national statistics public health South Africa

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Record HDB-0209 · last verified 2026-08-06 · listed in Open datasets

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