Table 1.

Top 10 in-patient causes of death in 32 sentinel hospitals in the 10 regions of Ghana, 2003.

	WR	CR	GAR	VR	ER	AR	BAR	NR	UER	UWR	Ghana
1	malaria	malaria	malaria	stroke	malaria	malaria	sepsis	malaria	malaria	malaria	malaria
2	anaemia	anaemia	stroke	malaria	anaemia	neonatal condition	malaria	anaemia	pneumonia	anaemia	anaemia
3	pneumonia	pneumonia	anaemia	anaemia	stroke	typhoid fever	pneumonia	pneumonia	anaemia	pneumonia	pneumonia
4	hepatitis	stroke	pneumonia	pneumonia	pneumonia	stroke	stroke	diarrhoea	meningitis	diarrhoea	stroke
5	HPTN	HPTN	cardiopathy	cardiopathy	HPTN	anaemia	HIV/AIDS	convulsions	TB	hepatitis	typhoid Fever
6	stroke	diarrhoea	HPTN	sepsis	diarrhoea	hepatitis	hepatitis	typhoid fever	typhoid fever	meningitis	diarrhoea
7	diarrhoea	neonatal	typhoid fever	TB	cardiopathy	pneumonia	anaemia	meningitis	hepatitis	typhoid fever	HPTN
8	typhoid fever	typhoid fever	diarrhoea	RTA	diabetes	diarrhea	liver disease	neonatal condition	stroke	convulsions	hepatitis
9	cardiopathy	renal disease	liver disease	cancer	sepsis	TB	cancer	hepatitis	abdominal colic	malnutrition	meningitis
10	injuries	sepsis	typhoid fever	anaemia	TB	liver disease	cardiopathy	RTA	liver disease	HIV/AIDS	sepsis

(Source: W. Bosu, 2007). HPTN=Hypertension, RTA=Road Traffic Accidents, TB=Tuberculosis

Top row indicates the 10 regions in Ghana:Western(WR), Central (CR), Greater Accra (GAR), Volta (VR), Eastern (ER), Ashanti(AR), Brong-Ahafo (BAR), Northern (NR), Upper East (UER) and Upper West (UWR)