Table 1

Key indicators for South African Provinces
Key indicators
 Province


Eastern Cape
 Free State
 Gauteng
 KwaZulu-Natal
 Mpumalanga
 Northern Cape
 Northern Province
 North West
 Western Cape
 Total
Rural as % population
 63.4
 31.4
 3.0
 56.9
 60.9
 29.9
 89.0
 65.1
 11.1
 46.3
% population < 5 years old
 12.0
 9.5
 8.9
 11.5
 11.6
 10.6
 13.1
 11.2
 9.6
 10.9
Poverty rates
 78.0
 66.0
 19.0
 53.0
 52.0
 57.0
 77.0
 57.0
 23.0
 53.0
% population over 20 years with no schooling
 20.9
 16.1
 9.5
 22.9
 29.4
 21.7
 36.9
 22.7
 6.7
 19.3
% women over 20 years with no schooling
 21.8
 16.7
 9.3
 25.2
 32.4
 21.5
 41.8
 22.6
 6.3
 21.1
% economically active population unemployed
 48.5
 30.0
 28.2
 39.1
 32.9
 28.5
 46.0
 37.9
 17.9
 33.9
% using electricity for cooking
 23.4
 42.2
 73.5
 46.1
 35.9
 52.7
 19.6
 34.0
 77.0
 47.4
% with water tap in house or yard
 35.4
 70.9
 85.6
 48.7
 63.4
 83.2
 35.9
 51.6
 90.4
 61.4
% with flush or chemical toilet
 30.8
 45.3
 83.3
 42.0
 38.0
 59.7
 13.2
 32.1
 86.0
 50.5

Sources: (33,34)

Zere and McIntyre International Journal for Equity in Health 2003 2:7   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-2-7

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