MORE people died in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (Durban) in 2008 than in any other area of the country, a report released by the Statistician-General Pali Lehohla yesterday revealed.
With almost 7% of deaths in the country at 41,086, eThekwini was followed by City of Johannesburg on 37,883 deaths and Ekurhuleni on 32,381 deaths in the same period.
In 2008 there were 592,073 deaths countrywide, which is less than the 603,094 deaths in 2007. According to Stats SA, deaths peaked at 612,778 in 2006. In Cape Town there were 29,319 deaths and in Tshwane there were 26,234 deaths.
There were only two district municipalities - Central Karoo District Municipality with 765 deaths and the Metsweding District Municipality in Gauteng with 958 - where the number of deaths fell below 1000.
The majority of deaths, according to the statistics, are from tuberculosis.
Most of the deaths are in the 15 to 49 age group and in Durban alone that age group contributed more than half of the reported deaths.
Provincially KwaZulu-Natal also led the pack with 134,907 deaths followed by Gauteng on 115,909 deaths and the Eastern Cape on 83,159 deaths. There were 53,319 deaths in Limpopo, 49,111 deaths in the Free State, 47,651 deaths in Mpumalanga, 46,728 deaths in the Western Cape, 45,390 deaths in the North West Province and 15,263 deaths in the Northern Cape.
The Western Cape was the only province where the largest number of deaths were not in the 15 to 49 year age group.
Apart from the Free State and Limpopo the leading cause of death in all the provinces was TB. In those two it was influenza and pneumonia. TB was second.
Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal claimed 43% of the non-natural deaths.
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MORE people died in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (Durban) in 2008 than in any other area of the country, a report released by the Statistician-General Pali Lehohla yesterday revealed.
With almost 7% of deaths in the country at 41,086, eThekwini was followed by City of Johannesburg on 37,883 deaths and Ekurhuleni on 32,381 deaths in the same period.
In 2008 there were 592,073 deaths countrywide, which is less than the 603,094 deaths in 2007. According to Stats SA, deaths peaked at 612,778 in 2006. In Cape Town there were 29,319 deaths and in Tshwane there were 26,234 deaths.
There were only two district municipalities - Central Karoo District Municipality with 765 deaths and the Metsweding District Municipality in Gauteng with 958 - where the number of deaths fell below 1000.
The majority of deaths, according to the statistics, are from tuberculosis.
Most of the deaths are in the 15 to 49 age group and in Durban alone that age group contributed more than half of the reported deaths.
Provincially KwaZulu-Natal also led the pack with 134,907 deaths followed by Gauteng on 115,909 deaths and the Eastern Cape on 83,159 deaths. There were 53,319 deaths in Limpopo, 49,111 deaths in the Free State, 47,651 deaths in Mpumalanga, 46,728 deaths in the Western Cape, 45,390 deaths in the North West Province and 15,263 deaths in the Northern Cape.
The Western Cape was the only province where the largest number of deaths were not in the 15 to 49 year age group.
Apart from the Free State and Limpopo the leading cause of death in all the provinces was TB. In those two it was influenza and pneumonia. TB was second.
Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal claimed 43% of the non-natural deaths.
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