Number of deaths from measles in Ghana 2000-2019
In 2019, Ghana registered 587 total deaths due to measles, increasing slightly from the previous year. The number of deaths was considerably higher in 2000, as it reached roughly 4.5 thousand. In 2003, death cases pertained to measles dropped dramatically to roughly 700 cases in total and has fluctuated slightly ever since. The lowest measles death cases were registered in 2015 at 148 cases.