The average life span is 64 years for women and 57 for man. One out of ten children dies before the age of five. Roughly 50% of the population is younger than 16 years. Most of the Ghanaians look upon the Volta Region as a poor region. It battles with high unemployment, bad health, poor educational institutions and a large number of analphabetic, especially under women. The food is one-sided and there is not enough access o clean drinking water