A situational analysis of child and adolescent mental health services and systems in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Table 1 Population distribution by Western Cape district in 2016 [11]

2016 Community Survey
	General population		Children, adolescents and young adults
			0–14 years		15–34 years*
District/municipality	N	%	N	%	N	%
West Coast	436,403	6.9	113,113	25.9	153,472	35.2
Cape Winelands	866,001	13.8	230,708	26.6	316,210	36.5
Overberg	286,786	4.6	74,764	26.1	94,453	32.9
Eden	611,278	9.7	155,008	25.4	207,010	33.9
Central Karoo	74,247	1.2	18,862	25.4	27,936	37.6
City of Cape Town	4,005,016	63.8	1,042,259	26.0	1,331,960	33.3
Total	6,279,730	100.0	1,521,601	24.23	1,977,569	39.49

*The Census data did not provide any disaggregation between adolescents and younger adults in the 15–34-year age groups

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