Question NW756 to the Minister of Health
18 April 2019 - NW756
Thembekwayo, Dr S to ask the Minister of Health
What number of persons in the country were diagnosed with (a) tuberculosis, (b) pneumonia, (c) diabetes and (d) cancer in each province (i) in 2018 and (ii) since 1 January 2019?
Reply:
The system that generates data for the TB programme does so in quarterly (3 months) cohorts. Data before the end of the quarter is always incomplete, and in fact, its is global standard practice to report TB data a quarter behind. Notwithstanding, the programme reported data in 2018 as follows:
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(a) |
01 January 2019 to 31 March 2019 |
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Eastern Cape |
11,842 |
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Free State |
2, 665 |
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Gauteng |
8,007 |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
11,976 |
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Limpopo |
2,751 |
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Mpumalanga |
3,040 |
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North West |
3,257 |
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Northern Cape |
2,160 |
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Western Cape |
8,980 |
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TOTAL SA |
54,678 |
(b) The table below shows the number of Pneumonia new cases among under-5 children diagnosed in public health facilities and number of severe Pneumonia cases among under-5 children admitted to hospital 2018 and January 2019 only. (Data source: DHIS).
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(b)(i) |
01 January 2018 to 31 December 2018 |
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Province |
Pneumonia new cases among under-5 children diagnosed in public health facilities |
Number of severe Pneumonia cases among under-5 children admitted to hospital |
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Eastern Cape |
11,141 |
4,395 |
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Free State |
9,088 |
2,347 |
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Gauteng |
22,907 |
4,362 |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
53,099 |
10,683 |
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Limpopo |
11,124 |
5,836 |
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Mpumalanga |
2,234 |
3,034 |
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Northern Cape |
2,718 |
983 |
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North West |
3,391 |
2,222 |
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Western Cape |
46,249 |
13,150 |
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TOTAL SA |
161,951 |
47,012 |
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(b)(ii) |
01 January 2019 (ONLY) |
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Province |
Pneumonia new cases among under-5 children diagnosed in public health facilities |
Number of severe Pneumonia cases among under-5 children admitted to hospital |
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Eastern Cape |
1,761 |
688 |
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Free State |
357 |
111 |
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Gauteng |
1,128 |
307 |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
4,050 |
1,236 |
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Limpopo |
469 |
272 |
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Mpumalanga |
86 |
123 |
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Northern Cape |
133 |
62 |
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North West |
178 |
110 |
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Western Cape |
2,249 |
751 |
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TOTAL SA |
10,591 |
3,660 |
(c) Number of persons 40 years and older screened for diabetes and number of new persons diagnosed with diabetes reported in 2018 and 2019 (January only) (Data source: DHIS)
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(c)(i) |
01 January 2018 to 31 December 2018 |
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Province |
Client 40 years and older screened for diabetes |
Diabetes client 40 years and older new |
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Eastern Cape |
2,412,674 |
19,078 |
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Free State |
697,852 |
9,157 |
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Gauteng |
2,908,672 |
49,485 |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
5,261,552 |
18,498 |
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Limpopo |
2,048,233 |
15,684 |
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Mpumalanga |
1,110,747 |
16,190 |
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Northern Cape |
176,988 |
2,423 |
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North West |
808,038 |
7,543 |
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Western Cape |
247,705 |
9,853 |
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TOTAL SA |
15,672,461 |
147,911 |
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(c)(ii) |
01 January 2019 (Only) |
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Province |
Client 40 years and older screened for diabetes |
Diabetes client 40 years and older new |
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Eastern Cape |
438,872 |
4,365 |
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Free State |
69,307 |
596 |
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Gauteng |
259,459 |
4,680 |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
499,803 |
1,301 |
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Limpopo |
178,356 |
1,102 |
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Mpumalanga |
97,935 |
910 |
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Northern Cape |
18,421 |
192 |
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North West |
79,044 |
938 |
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Western Cape |
23,632 |
772 |
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TOTAL SA |
1,664,829 |
14,856 |
(d)(i)-(ii) According to the pathology-based National Cancer Registry 2014 report total number of cancers diagnosed in South Africa: 75,577.
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