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9 HEALTH

9.1 VISITS TO HEALTH WORKERS (IN THE LAST MONTH) IN URBAN AND NON-URBAN AREAS, BY TYPE OF HEALTH WORKER, POPULATION GROUP AND GENDER

(1000)
HEALTH WORKERS	TOTAL			AFRICAN			COLOURED			INDIAN/ASIAN			WHITE
HEALTH WORKERS	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE
RSA
DID ANYONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD SEE A HEALTH WORKER IN THE LAST MONTH?
TOTAL	43 325	20 948	22 355	33 716	16 261	17 447	3 862	1 872	1 988	1 114	547	566	4 568	2 235	2 322
YES	4 713	1 973	2 739	3 186	1 316	1 870	534	231	302	207	89	118	778	333	444
NO	38 205	18 772	19 413	30 197	14 783	15 406	3 308	1 632	1 674	898	452	444	3 745	1 875	1 860
DON'T KNOW	269	125	144	237	110	126	14	2*	9*	3*	2*	1*	16	8*	8*
UNSPECIFIED	138	77	60	96	51	44	7*	4*	3*	6*	3*	3*	30	19	10*
IF YES, WHAT KIND OF HEALTH WORKERS WERE VISITED?
TOTAL	4 592	1 916	2 675	3 128	1 289	1 838	503	215	288	198	85	113	756	324	432
NURSE	1 379	538	842	1 221	475	746	99	37	62	16	7	9	44	19	25
DOCTOR	2 794	1 194	1 599	1 698	726	971	379	164	214	163	67	96	550	234	316
MEDICAL SPECIALIST	219	93	126	94	36	59	11	6*	6*	15	9*	5*	97	42	56
PHARMACIST/CHEMIST	34	17	17	14	7*	7*	4*	2*	1*	0*	-	0*	16	7*	9*
DENTIST	59	29	30	15	7*	8*	8*	4*	4*	4*	1*	3*	32	17	15
SPIRITUAL HEALER (CHURCH RELATED)	13	5*	8*	11	4*	7*	0*	0*	-	1*	1*	-	1*	-	1*
TRADITIONAL HEALER	66	32	34	66	32	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
OTHER	27	9*	18	9*	3*	7*	2*	1*	1*	1*	-	1*	15	5*	10*
URBAN
DID ANYONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD SEE A HEALTH WORKER IN THE LAST MONTH?
TOTAL	23 357	11 504	11 835	14 886	7 396	7 484	3 161	1 511	1 649	1 078	527	550	4 193	2 047	2 136
YES	3 007	1 278	1 728	1 628	696	933	455	187	267	200	85	115	717	307	410
NO	20 132	10 112	10 003	13 111	6 626	6 479	2 686	1 316	1 370	869	437	431	3 433	1 713	1 709
DON'T KNOW	141	68	73	110	54	56	13	4*	9*	3*	2*	1*	15	8*	7*
UNSPECIFIED	77	46	31	37	20	17	7*	4*	3*	6*	3*	3*	28	19	9*
IF SO, WHAT KIND OF HEALTH WORKERS WERE VISITED?
TOTAL	2 918	1 221	1 681	1 577	663	904	416	161	243	186	65	93	695	288	382
NURSE	654	258	396	523	207	316	77	27	50	13	6*	7*	41	18	23
DOCTOR	1 984	855	1 128	989	440	549	328	134	193	158	65	93	505	215	291
MEDICAL SPECIALIST	163	70	92	43	17	27	11	5*	6*	15	9*	5*	92	38	54
PHARMACIST/CHEMIST	24	13	11	9*	4*	4*	3*	2*	1*	0*	-	0*	12	6*	5*
DENTIST	51	25	26	10*	4*	5*	7*	3*	3*	4*	1*	3*	31	16	14
SPIRITUAL HEALER (CHURCH RELATED)	4*	1*	2*	2*	1*	1*	0*	0*	-	1*	1*	-	1*	-	1*
TRADITIONAL HEALER	22	9*	13	22	9*	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
OTHER	20	6*	14	4*	0*	3*	1*	1*	1*	1*	-	1*	14	5*	9*
NON-URBAN
DID ANYONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD SEE A HEALTH WORKER IN THE LAST MONTH?
TOTAL	19 968	9 444	10 520	18 830	8 866	9 963	702	361	339	36	19	16	375	188	186
YES	1 706	695	1 011	1 558	620	938	79	44	34	7*	4*	4*	60	26	35
NO	18 073	8 661	9 410	17 086	8 158	8 927	622	317	304	28	16	13	313	162	151
DON'T KNOW	128	57	71	127	56	71	1*	0*	0*	-	-	-	0*	-	0*
UNSPECIFIED	61	31	29	59	31	28	0*	-	0*	-	-	-	2*	0*	0*
IF YES, WHAT KIND OF HEALTH WORKERS WERE VISITED?
TOTAL	1 670	678	992	1 527	607	919	75	42	33	7*	4*	4*	60	25	34
NURSE	725	280	445	698	268	430	23	10*	13	3*	1*	1*	3*	1*	2*
DOCTOR	810	339	471	709	287	422	51	30	20	5*	2*	2*	45	19	26
MEDICAL SPECIALIST	57	23	34	51	19	32	0*	0*	-	-	-	-	5*	3*	2*
PHARMACIST/CHEMIST	10*	4*	6*	5*	3*	2*	0*	0*	-	-	-	-	4*	1*	3*
DENTIST	8*	4*	4*	5*	2*	3*	1*	1*	0*	-	-	-	2*	1*	1*
SPIRITUAL HEALER (CHURCH RELATED)	9*	3*	6*	9*	3*	6*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TRADITIONAL HEALER	44	23	21	44	23	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
OTHER	6*	3*	4*	5*	2*	3*	0*	0*	-	-	-	-	1*	-	1*
* SAMPLE SIZE TOO SMALL FOR RELIABLE ESTIMATES DUE TO ROUNDING, NUMBERS DO NOT NECESSARILY ADD UP TO TOTALS TOTALS INCLUDE OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED POPULATION GROUPS

9 HEALTH

9.2 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR HEALTH WORKERS CONSULTED IN URBAN AND NON-URBAN AREAS, BY PROVINCE

(1000)
CONSULTATION	TOTAL	WESTERN CAPE	EASTERN CAPE	NORTHERN CAPE	FREE STATE	KWAZULU- NATAL	NORTH WEST	GAUTENG	MPUMA- LANGA	NORTHERN PROVINCE
RSA
TOTAL	4 851	629	731	141	410	955	411	828	328	417
PUBLIC	2 323	240	414	72	203	470	219	318	135	252
PRIVATE	2 191	269	281	49	189	444	169	473	171	146
UNSPECIFIED	336	120	36	20	18	42	23	36	22	19
URBAN
TOTAL	3 084	578	323	102	319	553	150	802	150	85
PUBLIC	1 278	219	159	51	163	231	64	313	49	29
PRIVATE	1 585	253	152	37	142	305	86	454	101	56
UNSPECIFIED	222	106	13	14	14	17	8*	36	10*	4*
NON-URBAN
TOTAL	1 767	51	408	33	86	402	252	20	168	329
PUBLIC	1 045	21	256	21	40	239	155	6*	86	223
PRIVATE	607	16	130	12	46	139	83	20	71	90
UNSPECIFIED	115	14	23	6*	4*	25	15	0*	12	16
* SAMPLE SIZE TOO SMALL FOR RELIABLE ESTIMATES DUE TO ROUNDING, NUMBERS DO NOT NECESSARILY ADD UP TO TOTALS

9 HEALTH

9.3 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR HEALTH WORKERS CONSULTED, AND WHETHER SERVICES WERE PAID FOR, BY POPULATION GROUP AND GENDER

9.3.1 TOTAL URBAN AND NON-URBAN

(1000)
CONSULTATION WITH HEALTH WORKERS	TOTAL			AFRICAN			COLOURED			INDIAN/ASIAN			WHITE
CONSULTATION WITH HEALTH WORKERS	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SECTOR
TOTAL	4 851	2 050	2 798	3 282	1 367	1 915	541	235	305	213	85	113	807	352	454
PUBLIC SECTOR	2 323	941	1 382	1 849	747	1 102	269	109	160	73	35	38	129	49	79
PRIVATE SECTOR	2 191	936	1 255	1 251	525	726	193	86	107	125	50	75	618	273	345
UNSPECIFIED	336	174	162	182	95	87	78	40	38	15	8*	8*	61	30	30
DID THE PERSON PAY FOR THE SERVICE?
TOTAL	4 851	2 041	2 798	3 282	1 361	1 906	538	235	303	205	88	117	803	350	453
YES	2 721	1 149	1 571	1 699	698	1 001	244	112	132	161	70	90	612	267	345
NO	1 833	746	1 086	1 418	585	833	228	88	139	45	17	27	140	55	85
DON'T KNOW	22	9*	13	15	6*	9*	2*	1*	2*	1*	0*	1*	4*	2*	2*
UNSPECIFIED	275	146	128	150	79	71	66	35	31	7*	4*	3*	51	28	22
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SECTOR
TOTAL	3 084	1 324	1 759	1 665	716	949	462	191	270	206	81	110	745	326	419
PUBLIC SECTOR	1 278	525	752	868	364	505	221	83	138	68	32	36	117	45	72
PRIVATE SECTOR	1 585	684	900	712	307	405	175	75	100	123	49	74	571	252	320
UNSPECIFIED	222	115	107	85	46	39	65	33	32	15	8*	8*	56	29	27
DID THE PERSON PAY FOR SERVICE?
TOTAL	3 084	1 318	1 750	1 657	712	945	460	191	268	198	84	114	741	324	418
YES	1 868	810	1 058	920	396	524	222	98	124	158	69	89	564	245	319
NO	1 024	412	612	668	279	388	183	65	118	40	15	25	132	52	80
DON'T KNOW	15	6*	8*	8*	4*	4*	2*	-	2*	1*	0*	1*	4*	2*	2*
UNSPECIFIED	177	97	80	70	37	32	55	28	27	7*	4*	3*	45	27	19
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SECTOR
TOTAL	1 767	726	1 040	1 617	651	965	79	37	22	7	4	4	62	26	35
PUBLIC SECTOR	1 045	415	630	980	383	597	48	26	22	5	3	3	11	4	7
PRIVATE SECTOR	607	252	355	539	218	321	18	11	7*	2	1	1	47	21	25
UNSPECIFIED	115	59	55	97	50	47	13	8*	6*				4	1	2
DID THE PERSON PAY FOR SERVICE?
TOTAL	1 759	723	1 035	1 610	649	961	78	37	22	7	4	4	62	26	35
YES	852	339	513	779	302	477	22	14	8*	3	2	1	48	22	27
NO	809	334	475	750	306	445	45	23	22	5	2	3	8	3	5
DON'T KNOW	8*	3*	4*	7*	3*	4*	1*	1*	-
UNSPECIFIED	98	50	47	80	41	39	11	7*	4*				6	1	4
* SAMPLE SIZE TOO SMALL FOR RELIABLE ESTIMATES DUE TO ROUNDING, NUMBERS DO NOT NECESSARILY ADD UP TO TOTALS TOTALS INCLUDE OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED POPULATION GROUPS

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9.4 WHETHER INDIVIDUALS HAVE MEDICAL AID COVERAGE IN URBAN AND NON-URBAN AREAS, BY POPULATION GROUP AND GENDER

(1000)
MEDICAL AID	TOTAL			AFRICAN			COLOURED			INDIAN/ASIAN			WHITE
MEDICAL AID	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE
RSA
TOTAL	43 325	20 948	22 355	33 716	16 261	17 447	3 862	1 872	1 988	1 114	547	566	4 568	2 235	2 322
YES	7 025	3 495	3 521	2 810	1 425	1 384	816	398	418	320	153	166	3 059	1 509	1 544
NO	35 888	17 235	18 640	30 588	14 671	15 910	3 019	1 459	1 559	785	391	394	1 452	693	756
DON'T KNOW	167	89	78	130	67	63	17	10*	6*	4*	2*	3*	17	11	6*
UNSPECIFIED	245	128	116	189	98	91	10*	5*	5*	5*	1*	4*	40	23	16
URBAN
TOTAL	23 357	11 504	11 835	14 886	7 396	7 484	3 161	1 511	1 649	1 078	527	550	4 193	2 047	2 136
YES	5 938	2 956	2 973	1 979	1 016	964	756	364	391	317	150	165	2 868	1 416	1 446
NO	17 186	8 422	8 754	12 758	6 301	6 452	2 384	1 136	1 248	752	374	378	1 270	598	669
DON'T KNOW	102	58	44	66	36	30	16	10*	6*	4*	2*	3*	17	11	6*
UNSPECIFIED	131	68	62	82	43	39	5*	1*	4*	5*	1*	4*	38	22	16
NON-URBAN
TOTAL	19 968	9 444	10 520	18 830	8 866	9 963	702	361	339	36	19	16	375	188	186
YES	1 087	539	547	830	410	420	60	33	27	3*	2*	1*	191	92	99
NO	18 702	8 813	9 886	17 830	8 370	9 458	635	324	311	32	17	16	182	95	87
DON'T KNOW	65	31	33	64	31	33	1*	1*	1*	-	-	-	-	-	-
UNSPECIFIED	114	60	54	107	55	51	5*	4*	1*	-	-	-	3*	1*	1*
* SAMPLE SIZE TOO SMALL FOR RELIABLE ESTIMATES DUE TO ROUNDING, NUMBERS DO NOT NECESSARILY ADD UP TO TOTALS TOTALS INCLUDE OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED POPULATION GROUPS

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9.5 DISABILITIES EXPERIENCED IN URBAN AND NON-URBAN AREAS, BY POPULATION GROUP

(1000)
TYPE OF DISABILITIES	POPULATION GROUP
TYPE OF DISABILITIES	TOTAL	AFRICAN	COLOURED	INDIAN/ASIAN	WHITE
RSA
SEEING	173	124	20	5*	24
HEARING	63	49	6*	1*	7*
COMMUNICATING	34	27	3*	-	4*
MOVING	140	109	11	2*	18
STANDING	58	48	5*	0*	5*
GRASPING	68	60	5*	2*	1*
INTELLECTUAL	64	50	9*	1*	3*
EMOTIONAL	101	82	10*	2*	6*
OTHER	140	105	20	4*	12
MORE THAN ONE DISABILITY	459	362	50	5*	43
URBAN
SEEING	95	56	17	5*	17
HEARING	35	20	6*	1*	7*
COMMUNICATING	14	8*	2*	-	4*
MOVING	76	47	9*	2*	18
STANDING	31	22	4*	0*	5*
GRASPING	30	23	4*	2*	1*
INTELLECTUAL	31	18	8*	1*	3*
EMOTIONAL	52	35	9*	2*	6*
OTHER	67	40	15	3*	9*
MORE THAN ONE DISABILITY	230	142	44	5*	39
NON-URBAN
SEEING	78	68	3*	-	7*
HEARING	28	28	-	-	-
COMMUNICATING	19	19	0*	-	-
MOVING	64	62	2*	-	0*
STANDING	28	26	1*	-	1*
GRASPING	38	37	1*	-	0*
INTELLECTUAL	33	31	1*	-	-
EMOTIONAL	49	48	1*	-	0*
OTHER	73	64	4*	1*	3*
MORE THAN ONE DISABILITY	229	220	5*	0*	3*
* SAMPLE SIZE TOO SMALL FOR RELIABLE ESTIMATES DUE TO ROUNDING, NUMBERS DO NOT NECESSARILY ADD UP TO TOTALS TOTALS DO NOT INCLUDE OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED POPULATION GROUPS

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9.6 DISABILITIES EXPERIENCED IN URBAN AND NON-URBAN AREAS, BY AGE GROUP

(1000)

TYPE OF DISABILITY

AGE GROUP (IN YEARS)

TOTAL

0-4

5-9

10-14

15-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

35-39

40-44

45-49

50-54

55-59

60-64

65+

RSA

SEEING

173

10*

HEARING

COMMUNICATING

MOVING

140

10*

STANDING

GRASPING

INTELLECTUAL

EMOTIONAL

101

OTHER

140

MORE THAN ONE DISABILITY

459

113

URBAN

SEEING

HEARING

COMMUNICATING

MOVING

STANDING

GRASPING

INTELLECTUAL

EMOTIONAL

OTHER

MORE THAN ONE DISABILITY

230

NON-URBAN

SEEING

HEARING

COMMUNICATING

MOVING

STANDING

GRASPING

2*2

INTELLECTUAL

EMOTIONAL

OTHER

MORE THAN ONE DISABILITY

229

* SAMPLE SIZE TOO SMALL FOR RELIABLE ESTIMATES
DUE TO ROUNDING, NUMBERS DO NOT NECESSARILY ADD UP TO TOTALS
TOTALS DO NOT INCLUDE UNSPECIFIED

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9.7 DISABILITIES EXPERIENCED IN URBAN AND NON-URBAN AREAS, BY PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS

(1000)
TYPE OF DISABILITY	PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS
TYPE OF DISABILITY	TOTAL	EXCELLENT	GOOD	AVERAGE	POOR	VERY POOR
RSA
SEEING	173	33	50	37	43	10*
HEARING	63	14	16	17	15	2*
COMMUNICATING	34	6*	9*	8*	9*	2*
MOVING	140	21	33	34	45	6*
STANDING	58	7*	9*	18	20	4*
GRASPING	68	14	14	17	21	1*
INTELLECTUAL	64	8*	17	9*	19	9*
EMOTIONAL	101	11	15	26	40	9*
OTHER	140	12	21	46	49	12
MORE THAN ONE DISABILITY	459	36	70	116	164	72
URBAN
SEEING	95	22	31	16	21	5*
HEARING	35	10*	12	7*	6*	-
COMMUNICATING	14	4*	5*	3*	2*	1*
MOVING	76	11	19	20	21	4*
STANDING	31	4*	7*	9*	9*	2*
GRASPING	30	5*	8*	7*	10*	1*
INTELLECTUAL	31	4*	11	5*	9*	2*
EMOTIONAL	52	7*	9*	17	15	4*
OTHER	67	6*	13	24	19	5*
MORE THAN ONE DISABILITY	230	19	38	61	81	30
NON-URBAN
SEEING	78	11	19	21	22	5*
HEARING	28	4*	4*	10*	8*	2*
COMMUNICATING	19	2*	4*	6*	7*	1*
MOVING	64	10*	14	13	24	3*
STANDING	28	3*	2*	9*	11	2*
GRASPING	38	9*	6*	10*	11	0*
INTELLECTUAL	33	4*	6*	5*	11	7*
EMOTIONAL	49	4*	5*	9*	25	5*
OTHER	73	5*	8*	22	31	6*
MORE THAN ONE DISABILITY	229	17	31	55	83	43
* SAMPLE SIZE TOO SMALL FOR RELIABLE ESTIMATES DUE TO ROUNDING, NUMBERS DO NOT NECESSARILY ADD UP TO TOTALS TOTALS DO NOT INCLUDE UNSPECIFIED

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9.8 DISABILITIES EXPERIENCED IN URBAN AND NON-URBAN AREAS, BY WHETHER INDIVIDUALS HAVE MEDICAL AID

(1000)
TYPE OF DISABILITIES	WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL HAS MEDICAL AID
TYPE OF DISABILITIES	TOTAL	YES	NO	DON'T KNOW
RSA
SEEING	173	25	147	0*
HEARING	63	9*	54	0*
COMMUNICATING	34	4*	29	0*
MOVING	140	19	121	-
STANDING	58	5*	52	1*
GRASPING	68	4*	64	0*
INTELLECTUAL	64	4*	60	-
EMOTIONAL	101	6*	94	0*
OTHER	140	13	128	-
MORE THAN ONE DISABILITY	459	46	409	1*
URBAN
SEEING	95	19	76	0*
HEARING	35	8*	26	0*
COMMUNICATING	14	3*	11	0*
MOVING	76	18	58	-
STANDING	31	3*	27	-
GRASPING	30	2*	29	0*
INTELLECTUAL	31	4*	27	-
EMOTIONAL	52	5*	46	0*
OTHER	67	8*	59	-
MORE THAN ONE DISABILITY	230	36	193	-
NON-URBAN
SEEING	78	7*	71	-
HEARING	28	1*	27	-
COMMUNICATING	19	1*	18	-
MOVING	64	2*	63	-
STANDING	28	2*	25	1*
GRASPING	38	2*	36	-
INTELLECTUAL	33	-	32	-
EMOTIONAL	49	1*	48	-
OTHER	73	4*	69	-
MORE THAN ONE DISABILITY	229	10*	216	1*
* SAMPLE SIZE TOO SMALL FOR RELIABLE ESTIMATES DUE TO ROUNDING, NUMBERS DO NOT NECESSARILY ADD UP TO TOTALS TOTALS DO NOT INCLUDE UNSPECIFIED