Health Systems Trust Better Health for all in Southern Africa

Home     News     Publications    Health Statistics    Programmes     Search


Health Statistics
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.

Key References

Definitions

Recently Updated Indicators

Search

 

 

 

Proportion of population with sustainable access to an improved water source

Definition'Improved' water supply technologies are: household connection, public standpipe, borehole, protected dug well, protected spring, rainwater collection.
'Not improved' are: unprotected well, unprotected spring, vendor-provided water, bottled water (based on concerns about the quantity of supplied water, not concerns over the water quality), tanker truckprovided water.
It is assumed that if the user has access to an 'improved source' then such source would be likely to provide 20 litres per capita per day at a distance no longer than 1 000 metres.
(MDG Indicator 30).
ReferenceUnited Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site.
Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs.
Ref. URLhttp://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
DetailsMillennium Development Goals
Keywords
Indicator Type: -> Socio-Economic -> Household Facilities

[Related Resources]

Indicator Data
View by [Ethnic] [Geographic (SA provinces)] [International] [District]

ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Proportion of population with sustainable access to an improved water source [Definition]
1990 ---------[1] 83
1990 rural---------[2] 67
1990 urban---------[3] 99
2002 ---------[4] 87
2002 rural---------[5] 73
2002 urban---------[6] 98
2004 ---------[7] 88
2004 rural---------[8] 73
2004 urban---------[9] 99
EC: Eastern Cape  FS: Free State  GP: Gauteng  KZN: KwaZulu-Natal  LP: Limpopo  MP: Mpumalanga  NC: Northern Cape  NW: North West  WC: Western Cape  ZA: South Africa  

Notes and References

  1. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
    Local copy: -
    Dowloaded 2006-07-08.
  2. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
    Local copy: -
    Data downloaded 2005-07-29.
  3. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
    Local copy: -
    Data downloaded 2005-07-29.
  4. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
    Local copy: -
    Dowloaded 2006-07-08.
  5. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
    Local copy: -
    Data downloaded 2005-07-29.
  6. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
    Local copy: -
    Data downloaded 2005-07-29.
  7. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
    Local copy: -
    Downloaded 2007-08-15.
  8. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
    Local copy: -
  9. Millennium Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme Millennium Development Goals web site. Range of documents and reports relating to the MDGs. http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/
    Local copy: -
 Contact details       Terms of use       Funder info