Ghana Mortality 2017: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Ghana was 63.8 years in 2017: 65.8 for women and 61.9 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 226,810 people died; 29.0% of them were 65 or older and 19.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2017

Life expectancy at birth

63.8

Women

65.8

Men

61.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

36.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

51.1

Deaths

226,810

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.6

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

276

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

216

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2017's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2017

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	33.86	41.93	65.8	61.9
1-4	3.36	4.11	67.0	63.5
5-9	3.00	3.40	63.9	60.5
10-14	1.73	2.10	59.8	56.5
15-19	2.25	3.03	55.3	52.1
20-24	2.83	4.35	50.9	47.9
25-29	3.32	4.54	46.6	43.9
30-34	3.74	4.89	42.4	39.8
35-39	4.31	5.47	38.1	35.7
40-44	5.39	6.70	33.9	31.7
45-49	6.32	8.34	29.7	27.6
50-54	8.70	11.74	25.6	23.7
55-59	11.76	15.58	21.6	20.0
60-64	18.14	23.42	17.8	16.4
65-69	29.14	35.71	14.2	13.1
70-74	47.66	56.00	11.1	10.2
75-79	76.99	88.75	8.4	7.7
80-84	125.14	140.22	6.2	5.6
85-89	192.06	219.05	4.5	4.0
90-94	283.37	341.45	3.3	2.8
95-99	417.15	478.91	2.3	2.1
100+	560.07	632.11	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 2017

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