Share of casualties in Accra, Ghana 2020, by employment status

Published by Doris Dokua Sasu, May 28, 2021

In 2020, most deceased persons in the capital city of Ghana, Accra, were self-employed at their time of death. These represented 34.4 percent of the total death cases that had resulted from road traffic, and violent and external causes of death. Furthermore, some 20.7 percent of the casualties had no work activity. Overall in Ghana, the mortality rate stood at 7.31 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants as of 2018.

Share of persons deceased from road traffic and violent and external causes in Accra, Ghana, in 2020, by employment status

Characteristic	Share of deceased persons
Not working	20.7%
Student	6.7%
Employee	7.1%
Self employed	34.4%
Casual worker	8.6%
Domestic worker/apprentice	4.1%
Other	18.3%

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Release date

February 2021

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Region

Ghana

Survey time period

January to December 2020

Number of respondents

510 death cases

Age group

0-95 years

Method of interview

Computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI)

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