Ghana - Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Ghana was 22.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 60.20 in 1965 and a minimum value of 22.90 in 2020.

Definition: Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1965 60.20
1966 60.10
1967 60.00
1968 59.90
1969 59.70
1970 59.40
1971 59.00
1972 58.30
1973 57.60
1974 56.60
1975 55.50
1976 54.40
1977 53.50
1978 52.60
1979 51.90
1980 51.30
1981 50.60
1982 49.90
1983 49.10
1984 48.20
1985 47.20
1986 46.20
1987 45.10
1988 44.00
1989 42.90
1990 41.90
1991 41.00
1992 40.30
1993 39.80
1994 39.30
1995 38.80
1996 38.40
1997 37.90
1998 37.30
1999 36.60
2000 35.80
2001 34.90
2002 34.20
2003 33.50
2004 33.00
2005 32.60
2006 32.20
2007 31.70
2008 31.20
2009 30.50
2010 29.80
2011 29.00
2012 28.20
2013 27.50
2014 26.80
2015 26.00
2016 25.40
2017 24.70
2018 24.10
2019 23.50
2020 22.90

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: Complete vital registration systems are fairly uncommon in developing countries. Thus estimates must be obtained from sample surveys or derived by applying indirect estimation techniques to registration, census, or survey data. Survey data are subject to recall error, and surveys estimating infant/child deaths require large samples because households in which a birth has occurred during a given year cannot ordinarily be preselected for sampling. Indirect estimates rely on model life tables that may be inappropriate for the population concerned. Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.

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. Estimates of neonatal, infant, and child mortality tend to vary by source and method for a given time and place. Years for available estimates also vary by country, making comparisons across countries and over time difficult. To make neonatal, infant, and child mortality estimates comparable and to ensure consistency across estimates by different agencies, the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), which comprises the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the United Nations Population Division, and other universities and research institutes, developed and adopted a statistical method that uses all available information to reconcile differences. The method uses statistical models to obtain a best estimate trend line by fitting a country-specific regression model of mortality rates against their reference dates.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Given that data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. Moreover, they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development ac

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality