Attribute | Ashanti Region | Brong Ahafo Region | Central Region | Eastern Region | Greater Accra Region | Northern Region | Upper East Region | Upper West Region | Volta Region | Western Region | National | |||||||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
Age of household head | ||||||||||||||||||||||
<19 years (%) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
20 - 39 years (%) | 60 | 51 | 41 | 58 | 40 | 74 | 32 | 43 | 52 | 45 | 54 | 56 | 65 | 56 | 41 | 59 | 33 | 52 | 33 | 58 | 46 | 53 |
40 - 59 years (%) | 35 | 40 | 51 | 39 | 35 | 23 | 56 | 48 | 43 | 46 | 43 | 36 | 33 | 37 | 46 | 33 | 56 | 37 | 52 | 32 | 45 | 39 |
60 years or older (%) | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Annual death rate (%) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Any orphan (%) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Chronically ill (%) | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 |