ToPs (Terminations of Pregnancy)

DefinitionThe number of terminations of pregnancy.

For comparison purposes, the following indicators may need to be calculated:
Abortion rate: the number of abortions per 1 000 women of reproductive age in a given year.
Abortion ratio: the number of abortions per 1 000 live births in a given year.
(PRB Handbook)

Keywords
Indicator Type: -> Health Status -> Reproductive Health -> Termination of Pregnancy

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Indicator Data
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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
ToPs (Terminations of Pregnancy) [Definition]
1997 2 6702 52713 4971 2595701 4894292183 796[1] 26 455
1998 2 9384 10719 0055 1678231 8575524555 008[2] 39 912
1999 3 1094 06219 1955 7661 2882 2696422 1665 741[3] 44 238
2000 3 2646 91915 17211 5921 9623 6975832 2866 697[4] 52 172
2001 4 6524 82419 9704 6884 2543 5207383 0218 300[5] 53 967
2002 5 8143 94918 2279 5924 7063 2189103 07010 065[6] 59 551
2003 6 8194 95229 02111 0154 2362 2067792 01110 513[7] 71 552
2004 6 2108 34337 80610 6024 5873 7571 4083 16511 157[8] 87 035
2005 10 0348 89033 72712 7064 3571 3461 3052 33615 149[9] 89 850
2006 10 0157 83432 4649 6794 241-1 4184 94813 314[10] 83 913
2007 -7 14223 2683 8836 506-1 7341 37714 131[11] 58 041
2007 DHIS11 5228 6669 6395 51110 8621 8702 0064 90014 451[12] 69 427
2008 -9 27528 995-5 773-1 227-18 390[13] 63 660
2008 DHIS11 5967 71013 3795 6429 5222 9701 2425 97814 903[14] 72 942
2009 -6 64132 814-5 024-1 266--[15] 45 745
2009 DHIS10 4606 26223 8105 5408 6302 4569755 88613 188[16] 77 207
2010 DHIS8 7385 59520 9304 3328 3422 6701 2266 39510 508[17] 68 736
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. RRA Barometer Aug 2001: Braam T, editor. Barometer (7). Johannesburg: Reproductive Rights Alliance; 2001 Aug. http://www.hst.org.za/publications/453 rracoord@sn.apc.org Note that there are some discrepancies between the TOP data presented by RRA and the data published by the Department of Health. However the RRA data provides a more detailed breakdown by maternal and gestational age, although there are some problems with these breakdowns, where for example the number of TOPs at <12 weeks and >12 weeks is more than the total reported TOPs.
    Local copy: /indicators/ReproHealth/barometer_aug2001.pdf
    Total calculated from sum of monthly provincial totals and differs from total given in publication which is for years of implementation running from Feb-Jan. Note that provincial and national figures also differ from figures released by the National Department of Health (http://www.doh.gov.za)
  2. RRA Barometer Aug 2001: Braam T, editor. Barometer (7). Johannesburg: Reproductive Rights Alliance; 2001 Aug. http://www.hst.org.za/publications/453 rracoord@sn.apc.org Note that there are some discrepancies between the TOP data presented by RRA and the data published by the Department of Health. However the RRA data provides a more detailed breakdown by maternal and gestational age, although there are some problems with these breakdowns, where for example the number of TOPs at <12 weeks and >12 weeks is more than the total reported TOPs.
    Local copy: /indicators/ReproHealth/barometer_aug2001.pdf
    Total calculated from sum of monthly provincial totals. Note that provincial and national figures differ from figures released by the National Department of Health (http://www.doh.gov.za)
  3. RRA Barometer Aug 2001: Braam T, editor. Barometer (7). Johannesburg: Reproductive Rights Alliance; 2001 Aug. http://www.hst.org.za/publications/453 rracoord@sn.apc.org Note that there are some discrepancies between the TOP data presented by RRA and the data published by the Department of Health. However the RRA data provides a more detailed breakdown by maternal and gestational age, although there are some problems with these breakdowns, where for example the number of TOPs at <12 weeks and >12 weeks is more than the total reported TOPs.
    Local copy: /indicators/ReproHealth/barometer_aug2001.pdf
    Total calculated from sum of monthly provincial totals. Note that provincial and national figures differ from figures released by the National Department of Health (http://www.doh.gov.za)
  4. RRA Barometer Aug 2001: Braam T, editor. Barometer (7). Johannesburg: Reproductive Rights Alliance; 2001 Aug. http://www.hst.org.za/publications/453 rracoord@sn.apc.org Note that there are some discrepancies between the TOP data presented by RRA and the data published by the Department of Health. However the RRA data provides a more detailed breakdown by maternal and gestational age, although there are some problems with these breakdowns, where for example the number of TOPs at <12 weeks and >12 weeks is more than the total reported TOPs.
    Local copy: /indicators/ReproHealth/barometer_aug2001.pdf
    Total calculated from sum of monthly provincial totals. Note that provincial and national figures differ from figures released by the National Department of Health (http://www.doh.gov.za)
  5. RRA Barometer May 2002: Braam T, editor. Barometer. Johannesburg: Reproductive Rights Alliance; 2002 May. http://www.hst.org.za/publications/571
    Local copy: /indicators/ReproHealth/barometer_may2002.pdf
    Total calculated from sum of monthly provincial totals. There are some problems with these figures, where for example the number of TOPs at <12 weeks and >12 weeks is more than the total reported TOPs.
  6. DoH: National Department of Health (NDoH). Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/
    Local copy: -
    Data spreadsheet received from DoH August 2006.
  7. DoH: National Department of Health (NDoH). Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/
    Local copy: -
    Data spreadsheet received from DoH August 2006.
  8. DoH: National Department of Health (NDoH). Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/
    Local copy: -
    Data spreadsheet received from DoH August 2006.
  9. DoH: National Department of Health (NDoH). Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/
    Local copy: -
    Data spreadsheet received from DoH Directorate: Epidemiology and Surveillance July 2008.
  10. DoH: National Department of Health (NDoH). Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/
    Local copy: -
    Data spreadsheet received from DoH Directorate: Epidemiology and Surveillance July 2008. Note that there is a substantial amount of data not available for 2007 and even for 2006, so difficult to know if there is a real decline in numbers of TOPs or simply incomplete data collection
  11. DoH: National Department of Health (NDoH). Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/
    Local copy: -
    Data spreadsheet received Oct 2010.
  12. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health. http://hisp.org/
    Local copy: -
  13. DoH: National Department of Health (NDoH). Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/
    Local copy: -
    Data spreadsheet received Oct 2010.
  14. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health. http://hisp.org/
    Local copy: -
  15. DoH: National Department of Health (NDoH). Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/
    Local copy: -
    Data spreadsheet received Oct 2010.
  16. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health. http://hisp.org/
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted June 2011. Data for financial (not calendar) years.
  17. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health. http://hisp.org/
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted June 2011. Data for financial (not calendar) years.