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South Africa - Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System

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General Info
Provider 
INDEPTH
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Geography 
South Africa (ZAF)
Mpumalanga
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
01/1992 - present
Series or system 
Demographic Surveillance System (DSS)
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
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 7, 2022