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. 2019 Aug 21;4(4):e001317. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001317

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Estimated number of catastrophic health expenditures and poverty cases averted over a 20-year time period, with the introduction of the sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax in South Africa. This figure shows the distribution across income quintiles of catastrophic health expenditures averted and poverty cases averted due to 10% tax on SSB prices in South Africa. For determining catastrophic health expenditures, this figure uses the criterion of disease expenditures exceeding 10% of annual household expenditures. For determining poverty cases, this figure uses the food poverty line of South African rand (ZAR) 321 (US$21) per capita per month. Q1 refers to lowest income quintile, Q5 refers to highest income quintile.