Ghana | Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages. Development relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Limitations and exceptions: Data from United Nations Population Division's World Populaton Prospects are originally 5-year period data and the presented are linearly interpolated by the World Bank for annual series. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: The main sources of mortality data are vital registration systems and direct or indirect estimates based on sample surveys or censuses. A "complete" vital registration system - covering at least 90 percent of vital events in the population - is the best source of age-specific mortality data. Where reliable age-specific mortality data are available, life tables can be constructed from age-specific mortality data, and adult mortality rates can be calculated from life tables.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Ghana
Records
63
Source
Ghana | Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
331.159 1960
331.396 1961
331.852 1962
330.149 1963
324.951 1964
325.691 1965
327.486 1966
326.798 1967
331.546 1968
331.685 1969
325.617 1970
326.882 1971
326.627 1972
323.173 1973
320.4 1974
317.636 1975
314.006 1976
315.864 1977
310.975 1978
305.903 1979
308.177 1980
304.822 1981
307.565 1982
305.652 1983
301.612 1984
297.949 1985
291.521 1986
287.65 1987
282.215 1988
278.439 1989
279.931 1990
279.757 1991
280.572 1992
286.317 1993
290.777 1994
285.539 1995
281.915 1996
275.582 1997
272.886 1998
269.046 1999
272.152 2000
277.702 2001
270.886 2002
264.753 2003
267.044 2004
259.556 2005
259.963 2006
255.166 2007
256.2 2008
247.989 2009
250.625 2010
241.826 2011
233.063 2012
234.312 2013
223.454 2014
225.065 2015
213.34 2016
214.755 2017
214.586 2018
204.479 2019
210.16 2020
216.842 2021
2022
Ghana | Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages. Development relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Limitations and exceptions: Data from United Nations Population Division's World Populaton Prospects are originally 5-year period data and the presented are linearly interpolated by the World Bank for annual series. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: The main sources of mortality data are vital registration systems and direct or indirect estimates based on sample surveys or censuses. A "complete" vital registration system - covering at least 90 percent of vital events in the population - is the best source of age-specific mortality data. Where reliable age-specific mortality data are available, life tables can be constructed from age-specific mortality data, and adult mortality rates can be calculated from life tables.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Ghana
Records
63
Source