KZN is noted for its high heart-related conditions; Cape Town is more associated with cancer; and in Gauteng, it’s afflictions of the nervous system.

If you are in KwaZulu-Natal you are more likely, statistically, to die of heart-related conditions‚ but cancer is more likely to kill you if you live in Cape Town.

Discovery Life has just released a breakdown of its 2016 life cover claims for death or disability, noting that certain diseases were more prevalent in certain provinces, but gave no reasons why.

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