Ghana Factsheets of Health Statistics 2010
Figure 1 : Ghana and neighboring countries
Burkina Faso
Togo Cote d’Ivoire
Ghana
Figure 2 : Population size (in thousands) in Ghana and neighboring countries, 2008
23,351
Ghana
20,591
Côte d'Ivoire 15,234
Burkina Faso Togo
6,459
1. Health Status Life expectancy Figure 3 : Life expectancyi at birth in years, in Ghana and neighboring countries, 2008 and 1990 2008
1990 62
Ghana
Burkina Faso
58
51 49 56
Côte d'Ivoire 54
59
Togo 55
53
African Region 51
Figure 4 : Life expectancy at birth in years, in Ghana and neighboring countries, by sex, 2008 Male
Female 60
Ghana
Burkina Faso
64
51 52 55 56
Côte d'Ivoire
56
Togo
African Region
i
Definition: average number of years that a newborn is expected to live if current mortality rates continue to apply
61
52 54
Figure 5 : Healthy life expectancyii at birth in years, in Ghana and neighboring countries, by sex, 2007 Male
Female 49 50
Ghana
42 43
Burkina Faso
45
Côte d'Ivoire
48 49
Togo
52
45 46
African Region
Mortality Figure 6 : Adult mortality rateiii per 1,000 population in Ghana and neighboring countries, 2008 and 1990 2008 Ghana
1990
273 276
372
Burkina Faso
387
Côte d'Ivoire Togo
361 329 323 320
African Region
ii
392 371
Definition: average number of years that a person can expect to live in “full health” by taking into account years lived in less than full health due to disease and/or injury iii Definition: probability that a 15-year-old person will die before reaching his/her 60th birthday. Mortality data. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2010 (www.who.int/healthinfo/statistics/mortality/en/)
Figure 7 : Adult mortality rate per 1,000 population in Ghana and neighboring countries, by sex, 2008 Male
Female
298
Ghana 247
388
Burkina Faso 361 367
Côte d'Ivoire
354 351
Togo 296
412
African Region 374
Figure 8 : Under-five mortality rateiv (per 1, 000 live births) in Ghana and neighboring countries, both sexes, 2009 and 1990 2009 Ghana
69 120
166
Burkina Faso
201 119
Côte d'Ivoire
Togo
African Region
1990
152 98 150
127 179
Source: IGME 2009 Estimates
iv Definition: under-five mortality rate is the probability of a child born in a specific year or period dying before reaching the age of five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of that period
Figure 9 : Infant mortality ratev per 1,000 lives births in Ghana and neighboring countries, 2009 and 1990 2009
1990
47
Ghana
76
91
Burkina Faso
110 83
Côte d'Ivoire
105 64
Togo
89
80
African Region
109
Source: IGME 2009 Estimates
Figure 10 : Distribution of causes of death among children aged
