Mortality Rates
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Editorial: The good news on death stats
South Africa has one of the fastest-growing diabetes epidemics in the world. But HIV and Aids are reported more truthfully nowadays.
Stats show Capetonians live longer than Tshwane residents
Statistics South Africa says mortality figures show Capetonians have a longer life span that Tshwane residents.
Where women die daily
When the United Nations meets this week to discuss the Millennium Development Goals maternal mortality will be high on the agenda.