Table 1

Total reported deaths in official South Africa mortality reports 2010–2014, by cause (road traffic-related deaths or cancer) and province

Province	Cause	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	All
Western Cape	RTD	573	485	504	554	526	2642
	Cancer	6074	6368	6374	6576	6605	31 997
	All	47 227	47 207	47 609	47 562	46 581	236 186
	Population (in millions)*	5.22	5.29	5.82	6.02	6.12	–
Eastern Cape	RTD	862	836	656	802	932	4088
	Cancer	5360	5061	4503	4382	4808	24 114
	All	81 399	73 720	66 200	64 662	67 902	353 883
	Population (in millions)*	6.74	6.83	6.56	6.62	6.79	–
Northern Cape	RTD	116	64	213	375	475	1243
	Cancer	1190	1105	1165	1106	1221	5787
	All	15 591	15 087	14 379	14 107	14 594	73 758
	Population (in millions)*	1.10	1.10	1.15	1.16	1.17	–
Free State	RTD	537	519	558	589	583	2786
	Cancer	2758	2435	2166	2314	2331	12 004
	All	46 485	41 973	36 219	34 514	34 305	193 496
	Population (in millions)*	2.82	2.76	2.75	2.75	2.79	–
KwaZulu-Natal	RTD	939	936	988	944	1016	4823
	Cancer	5325	5537	5514	4772	4654	25 802
	All	119 527	108 075	100 185	87 969	80 705	496 461
	Population (in millions)*	10.65	10.82	10.27	10.46	10.69	–
North West	RTD	281	319	350	421	411	1782
	Cancer	2237	2421	2386	2495	2455	11 994
	All	41 156	38 599	37 030	36 746	36 354	189 885
	Population (in millions)*	3.20	3.25	3.51	3.60	3.68	–
Gauteng	RTD	562	288	327	374	363	1914
	Cancer	7231	7361	7334	7587	7588	37 101
	All	108 897	103 853	102 011	100 864	99 725	515 350
	Population (in millions)*	11.19	11.33	12.27	12.73	12.91	–
Mpumalanga	RTD	372	410	341	435	427	1985
	Cancer	2090	2103	2115	2103	2088	10 499
	All	42 811	39 065	37 401	35 805	35 926	191 008
	Population (in millions)*	3.62	3.66	4.04	4.13	4.23	–
Limpopo	RTD	1376	1211	1286	1180	1181	6234
	Cancer	2224	2251	2337	2386	2453	11 651
	All	51 101	48 424	50 397	48 919	49 348	248 189
	Population (in millions)*	5.44	5.55	5.40	5.52	5.63	–
All Provinces	RTD	5618	5068	5223	5674	5914	27 497
	Cancer	34 489	34 642	33 894	33 721	34 203	170 949
	All	554 194	516 003	491 431	471 148	465 440	2 498 216
	Population (in millions)*	49.991	50.587	51.771	52.982	54.002	–

*Populations taken from Statistics South Africa mid-year population estimates (Release P0302) except for 2012, for which the counts from the census taken in 9–31 October 2011 are used.
RTD, road traffic-related death.