Injury Mortality Surveillance System · A partnership of the SAMRC and UNISA
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Injury mortality data for evidence-based prevention.

The Injury Mortality Surveillance System brings mortuary data from South Africa's 52 health districts into one trusted source — so researchers, health officials, policymakers and journalists can see how and where injury deaths occur.

In partnership SAMRC UNISA
Live district submissions Month to date · sample data
Districts reporting
52 / 52

52

Health districts covered

9

Provinces

59

Mortuaries reporting

1,712

Cases recorded this year

14 Nov 2026, 15:08

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Built for the people who act on the evidence

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Policymakers

Annual reviews, provincial summaries and policy briefs that translate into priorities.

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Researchers

Peer-reviewed publications, methodology and de-identified data extracts on request.

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Health officials

District submission tracking and leading-cause trends for planning services and prevention.

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Media

Press releases, infographics, data sheets and a media toolkit for accurate, responsible reporting.

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IMSS DASHBOARD

See the leading causes, district by district

Switch between day, week, month, quarter and year. Compare any district against provincial and national baselines, and break results down by age group, gender and manner of death.

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Top 5 causes · national · month to date Sample data
Road traffic incidents
24%
Firearm injuries
18.8%
Sharp force injuries
17.3%
Blunt force injuries
9.5%
Hanging
9.4%

Latest technical reports

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ANNUAL REVIEW

2025

Annual injury mortality review — national

National · PDF · 96 pages

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PROVINCIAL REPORT

2025

Provincial injury mortality profile — Gauteng

Gauteng · PDF · 48 pages

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METHODOLOGICAL BRIEF

2026

Case definitions, coding and data-quality procedures

Methodology · PDF · 22 pages

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Research & publications

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All topics Transport Interpersonal violence Self-harm Children & youth

TRANSPORT · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Publication title on road traffic injury mortality

[Authors] · [Journal name] · [Year]

INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE · STUDY FINDINGS

Publication title on firearm and sharp-force homicide

[Authors] · [Journal name] · [Year]

SELF-HARM · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Publication title on suicide prevention evidence

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Upcoming events

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WEBINAR · ONLINE

Webinar: findings from the latest annual review

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POLICY ROUNDTABLE · PRETORIA

Roundtable: district data for injury prevention

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Bridging public health research and actionable policy

The South African Medical Research Council and the University of South Africa run the IMSS together, combining surveillance expertise with academic research capacity to inform injury prevention nationally and in every district.