Africa Centre Demographic Information System (ACDIS)
The ACDIS cohort in rural KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, was established in 2000 by the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI). The ACDIS covers 438 square kilometers of the Umkhanyakude district in the KwaZulu-Natal province. The system records births, deaths, marriages, and migrations of household members. ACDIS is a member of the INDEPTH network and it utilizes INDEPTH standardized verbal autopsy tools. In mid-2018, the cohort had around 140,000 individuals with a median age of 23 years.
Study design
Cohort - open, Household panel
Number of participants at first data collection
231,179 (participants as of 2021)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2000
Primary Institutions
Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Wellcome Trust
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – online
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Census data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
