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)
1960 331.159
1961 331.396
1962 331.852
1963 330.149
1964 324.951
1965 325.691
1966 327.486
1967 326.798
1968 331.546
1969 331.685
1970 325.617
1971 326.882
1972 326.627
1973 323.173
1974 320.4
1975 317.636
1976 314.006
1977 315.864
1978 310.975
1979 305.903
1980 308.177
1981 304.822
1982 307.565
1983 305.652
1984 301.612
1985 297.949
1986 291.521
1987 287.65
1988 282.215
1989 278.439
1990 279.931
1991 279.757
1992 280.572
1993 286.317
1994 290.777
1995 285.539
1996 281.915
1997 275.582
1998 272.886
1999 269.046
2000 272.152
2001 277.702
2002 270.886
2003 264.753
2004 267.044
2005 259.556
2006 259.963
2007 255.166
2008 256.2
2009 247.989
2010 250.625
2011 241.826
2012 233.063
2013 234.312
2014 223.454
2015 225.065
2016 213.34
2017 214.755
2018 214.586
2019 204.479
2020 210.16
2021 216.842
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