Number of deaths from diabetes in Ghana 2010-2019
Nearly 5,400 diabetes-related deaths were reported in Ghana in 2019. A decade prior, more than nine thousand similar incidences were registered in the country. The source defines diabetes as a chronic, metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose (or blood sugar), which leads to serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves, over time.
