Ghana records 555,575 teenage pregnancies within last five years

 

Data from the Ghana Health Service District Health Information Management Health System (DHIMS) shows that more than half a million teenagers are on record to have gotten pregnant over the last five years.


Between 2016 and 2020, about 555,575 teenagers aged 10 to 19 years, are said to have gotten pregnant.


Within the five years, 13,444 teenagers between the ages of 10 and 14 got pregnant, while some 542,131 teenagers aged 15 to 19 years got pregnant.


On average, a little over 112,800 teenagers get pregnant annually.


Breakdown of 10 to 14-year-olds’ pregnancies


Ashanti – 89,856


Eastern – 56,730


Central – 56,443


Northern – 43,533


Greater Accra – 49,356


Western – 43,921


Upper East – 30,444


Bono East- 28,284


Bono – 22,944


Oti – 19,248


North East – 16,695


Savannah – 16,601


Western North – 20,101


Upper West – 18,225


Volta – 30,333


Ahafo – 12,861


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