ASSIGNMENT
Group of 3 students
Question 1: Table: Distribution of population 15-49 years and their births in 2015 in Ghana. The total population for
the country is 435,500 inhabitants.
Age groups
Number of
women
Number of births in
age group
12-14
9500
53
15-19
12,249
221
20-24
11,181
1340
25-29
10,798
3832
30-34
9,924
2252
35-39
7,439
1083
40-49
12,068
661
Compute the Total Fertility Rate, General Fertility Rate, and Crude Birth Rate
Question 2. Below are data on fertility and mortality in Ghana,
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Urban population: 25% of the total population
Total population: 12,399, 000
Total males : 5,900,000
Females 15-49 years: 3,180,000
Males 15-49 years: 3,095,000
Annual number of births: 480,000
Annual number of deaths: 150,000
Annual number of deaths among old people (65 years and +): 580
Deaths during the first year (<365 days): 15,000
Deaths, 28 to 365 days of first year: 7,500
Deaths before reaching five years: 19,000
Calculate
a) General fertility rate;
d) Neonatal mortality rate;
b) Natural increase rate
C ) Crude Birth Rate
e) Child mortality
Question 3. Life expectancy of people of 25 years is 57 years. What does this mean?
Question 4: Maternal mortality ration of India is 45 deaths. What does it mean?