Figure 4

Maps showing Distribution and Hot-Spot Analysis of Antenatal Care Use in Ghana. The first map in Figure 4 illustrates the distribution of antenatal care in Ghana at the various surveyed villages, in addition to a hot-spot analysis, illustrating spatial autocorrelation on a more localized scale. Villages with the highest averages of antenatal care utilization are clustered in parts of the Ashanti, Upper East and the Greater Accra region. The northern region does not appear to have a high degree of antenatal care visits. The hot-spot analysis presents a map of the study area that is colour coded by the type of spatial autocorrelation and significance of the observed relationship. Dark-red clusters are villages of high antenatal visits, surrounded by other villages with similarly high antenatal visits. These clusters are found in the Ashanti region and parts of the Central, Greater Accra Brong Ahafo and Western regions. The darker shade of red implies a more significant spatial relationship. Blue clusters signify villages with low antenatal care utilization surrounded by other villages with similarly low antenatal care utilization. These are observed in the northern portions of the Volta region, with darker shades of blue signifying higher significance levels.