title: Maternal mortality among the Kassena-Nankana of northern Ghana.
abstract: This report presents key findings from a maternal mortality study conducted in the Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana in 1997-98. Sibling history data collected in the course of this survey are analyzed together with longitudinal data from the Navrongo Demographic Surveillance System (NDSS). A comparison between mortality data from these two sources indicates that obtaining reasonably accurate estimates of age-specific death rates is possible by using the sisterhood method. Direct and indirect estimates from the maternal mortality study and the NDSS suggest a decline in the maternal mortality ratio for the Kassena-Nankana District from 800 to 600 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births over the past 14 years.
authors.affiliation: Navrongo Demographic Surveillance System, Navrongo Health Research Centre (NHRC), P.O. Box 114, Navrongo-UER, Ghana. navrongo@africaonline.com.gh
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ngom
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Akweongo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Adongo
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Bawah
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Binka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005869:Ghana / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D012306:Risk; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors