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The objective of this section is to present the best available data on a wide range of health and related indicators.  This should provide health planners and managers with easy access to data from a variety of sources.

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Urban percentage

DefinitionProportion of population living in urban environment.

An urban area is one which has been legally proclaimed as being urban e.g. towns, cities and metropolitan areas.
ReferenceStatistics South Africa. Census in Brief. The people of South Africa population census 1996. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa; 1998.
Ref. URLhttp://www.statssa.gov.za/
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Indicator Type: -> Demographic -> Distribution

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