Ghana: child mortality rate by type

The mortality rate of children in Ghana under five years old continued to reduce from 72 to 56 deaths per 1,000 live births over the past 14 years preceding the survey. Reductions in mortality were reported across all types of mortality and the corresponding age groups, except for neonatal and post-natal mortality rates which either fluctuated or remained the same.

Mortality rate of children under five years old in Ghana as of 2018, by type of mortality (in deaths per 1,000 live births)

Characteristic	10-14 years preceeding the survey	5-9 years preceeding the survey	0-4 years preceeding the survey
Neonatal mortality rate	32	27	27
Post-neonatal mortality rate	17	18	14
Infant mortality rate	49	45	41
Child mortality rate	24	18	16
Under-5 mortality rate	72	62	56

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Release date

January 2019

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Region

Ghana

Survey time period

2018

Age group

0-4 years

Supplementary notes

Neonatal mortality (NN): probability of dying within the first month of life.
Post-neonatal mortality: calculated as difference between infant and neonatal mortality rates.
Infant mortality (1q0): probability of dying between birth and first birthday.
Child mortality (4q1): probability of dying between the first and fifth birthday.
Under-5 mortality (5q0): probability of dying between birth and fifth birthday.

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