South Africa - Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System
General Info
Provider
Coverage type
Subnational
Time period covered
January, 1992 - present
Data type
Demographic surveillance:
Household - Individual - Interview - Longitudinal - Verbal autopsy
Summary
The Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) was established in 1992 and it covers 420 square kilometers in the Agincourt district. The district is located in the Mpumalanga province, a semi-arid rural region close to the border with Mozambique. The system records births, deaths, pregnancies, and migrations of household members. Agincourt HDSS is a member of the INDEPTH network and it utilizes INDEPTH standardized verbal autopsy tools.
In 2015, the INDEPTH Data Repository released an under 5 mortality dataset for Agincourt.
Keywords
Abortive outcome, Antenatal care, Birth place, Causes of death, Child mortality, Diphtheria, Domestic migration, Education, Family composition, Family size, Fertility, Live births, Malnutrition, Marital status, Miscarriage, Mortality, Multiple births, Place of death, Place of delivery, Population, Pregnancy, Rabies, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Tetanus, Verbal autopsy
Citation
Funders
Suggested citation
MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), INDEPTH. South Africa - Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System.