Mothers aged between 10 and 19 account for almost 10% of births in SA, with slightly more male babies born overall, according to the latest national statistics.
The negative effect of Covid-19 and the national lockdown regulations such as the closure of department of home affairs offices resulted in a 9.2% decline in the number of births registered within 30 days and an increase in late registrations.
“Provincial distributions show that as observed in previous years, the highest number of birth occurrences were in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal . Northern Cape and Free State had the lowest proportion of registered birth occurrences.
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