Changing Inequalities in Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy by Income and Race in South Africa

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Table 1. Descriptive statistics

	2001 Census Sample	2007 Community Survey	2016 Community Survey
Household characteristics
Number of households	948,592	246,618	984,627
Number of respondents	3,725,655	1,047,652	3,328,867
Demographics
Average age	26.8	28.4	29.1
Males	47.4%	48.2%	47.0%
Females	52.6%	51.8%	53.0%
Population group
Black	79.24%	76.98%	86.07%
Colored	9.18%	11.04%	7.46%
White	9.06%	9.66%	4.80%
Asian or Indian	2.52%	2.32%	1.67%
Asset index quintiles
Poorest	14.89%	20,01%	20.89%
2^nd	22.37%	18,83%	21.43%
Middle	16.71%	15,21%	20.92%
4^th	23.27%	27,34%	20.09%
Richest	22.76%	18.61%	16.66%
Mortality
Number of deceased	36,267	14,969	30,058

Figure 1. Survival and health-adjusted survival by year: 2001, 2007 and 2016

Figure 2. Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy at age 5 for the Black South African and non-Black population, 2001, 2007 and 2016

Figure 3. Racial gap in LE and HALE at age 5, 2001, 2007 and 2016

Figure 4a. Survival curves for the Black South African and non-Black population, 2001, 2007 and 2016

Figure 4b. Health-adjusted survival curves for the Black South African and non-Black population, 2001, 2007 and 2016

Figure 5a. Life expectancy at age 5, by income quintile and year

Figure 5b. HALE at age 5, by income quintile and year

Table 2. Concentration indices (CI) for LE and HALE 20O1, 2007, and 2016

	2001	2007	2016
LE at age 5
Relative Concentration Index (CI)	0.016	0.063	0.041
Absolute Concentration Index	0.928	3.216	2.592
HALE at age 5
Relative Concentration Index (CI)	0.022	0.067	0,040
Absolute Concentration Index	1.192	3.208	2.304

Figure 6. Population share (Black South African vs non-Black), by income quintile and year