THE HEALTH SECTOR IN GHANA FACTS AND FIGURES 2010

2.6 Health-Related Millennium Development Goals
Indicator
Ghana
Value
Africa
Average
Rank
in
Africa
Global
Average
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Adolescent fertility rate (per 1,000 girls aged
15-19 years)
74 117 9 th 48
2 Unmet need for family planning (%) 34.0 24.4 3 rd NA
3
Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 years
and above per 100,000 population
1722 4735 17 th 644
4
Proportion of males aged 15-24 years with
comprehensive correct knowledge of
HIV/AIDS (%)
33 30 15 th NA
5
Proportion of females aged 15-24 years with
comprehensive correct knowledge of
HIV/AIDS (%)
25 23 18 th NA
6
Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people
with advanced HIV infection (%)
15 30 38 th 31
7 Malaria mortality rate per 100,000 population 109 104 25 th 17
8
Children aged less than 5 years sleeping under
insecticide-treated bed-nets (%)
22 14 10 th NA
9
Children aged less than 5 years who received
any antimalarial treatment for fever (%)
61 36 3 rd NA
10
Access to improved drinking-water sources
(%)
80 59 12 th 86
11 Access to improved sanitation (%) 10 33 41 st 60
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Infants exclusively breastfed for the first
6 months of life (2008)
54.4 29.5 NA 34.8
13
Alcohol consumption among adults aged 15
years and above (liters per person per year)
(2003)
1.57 4.09 NA 4.36
14 Prevalence of tobacco use – male (%) (2005) 10.2 18.1 NA 42.4
15 Prevalence of tobacco use – female (%) (2005) 0.8 2.9 NA 9.6
NA: Data Not Available
Source: World Health Statistics 2009 - WHO
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