South Africa’s injury burden, particularly homicide, is reportedly 6 times higher than the global average (Jabar & Matzopoulos, 2017). Interpersonal violence ranked 8^th on the top ten causes of premature death in South Africa in 2015, followed by road injuries and accidental gunshots (Groenewald et al., 2017). Injury related deaths moderately increased from 11% in 2006 to 14.6% in 2015 (Groenewald et al., 2017).

References:

Groenewald, P., Bradshaw, D., Day, C., & Laubscher, R. (2017). 14 Burden of disease. October 2012, 206–226. Availabe from: https://www.hst.org.za/publications/District%20Health%20Barometers/14%20(Section%20A)%20Burden%20of%20Disease.pdf

Jabar, A., & Matzopoulos, R. (2017). Violence and injury observatories Reducing the burden of injury in high-risk communities. SA Crime Quarterly, 59(59), 47–57. https://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3108/2017/v0n59a1547