Facts & Statistics

Health and HIV statistics in South Africa

• Its downhill from here: 78% of over 40s say they are more health conscious than when they were younger.(UCT Unilever Institute /Synovate Prime Time Study 2008)
  
  
• 7.8 million South Africans say they smoked a cigarette yesterday. Of those, nearly 180,000 were aged between 16 and 18. (AMPS 2007B)
  
  
• 69% of our population claim to have been tested for HIV; 80% agree that if they were infected, they would want to know; and 62% indicate that they would be likely to disclose their status. (FutureFact 2007)
  
  
• AIDS is the most commonly cited concern for South Africans - 85%
  of adult South Africans say they are concerned about AIDS. Other
  top concerns are crime (79%) followed by unemployment (78%) (FutureFact
  PeopleScape 2004).
  
• According to Stats
  SAs mid-year population estimates 9.8% of the population is
  HIV positive. Surveys typically understate HIV-prevalence significantly
  - according to the 2004 General Household Survey only 1% of the
  population say they are HIV-positive. (GHS 2004)
  
• 71% of South African youths could name at least one HIV/AIDS campaign that runs on TV or radio. 48% mentioned Soul City, and 25% mentioned loveLife. (Source: Young South Africans, Broadcast Media, and HIV/AIDS Awareness, Kaiser Family Foundation and SABC, 2006)
  
  
• 19% of business owners in Sought Africa have sought professional assessment for their HIV/Aids risk to their business
  
  
• 78% of South African business owners indicated that HIV/Aids directly affects staff productivity and the loss of skilled people
  
  Source-Grant Thorntons 2005 International Business Owners Survey
  
  
  
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