Health trends, inequalities and opportunities in South Africa’s provinces, 1990–2019: Findings from the Global burden of disease 2019 Study
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2022Author
Achoki, Tom
Sartorius, Benn
Katoto, Patrick DMC
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Over the last 30 years, South Africa
has experienced four ’colliding epidemics’ of HIV and
tuberculosis, chronic illness and mental health, injury and
violence, and maternal, neonatal, and child mortality,
which have had substantial effects on health and
well-being. Using data from the 2019 Global Burden of
Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study (GBD 2019),
we evaluated national and provincial health trends and
progress towards important Sustainable Development
Goal targets from 1990 to 2019.We analysed GBD 2019 estimates of
mortality, non-fatal health loss, summary health
measures and risk factor burden, comparing trends
over 1990–2007 and 2007–2019. Additionally, we
decomposed changes in life expectancy by cause of
death and assessed healthcare system performance.