Introduction
Decades ago, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, strokes, hypertension and cancers were considered diseases of the rich and elderly [1,2]. Not only are NCDs more pronounced and affecting more than half of people in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) but also responsible for more than 79% of global illness and 30% of deaths under the age 60 [3,4]. While a lot has been reported about the death tolls from NCDs, very scanty information is available on the distribution of occurrence of NCDs within the population across different socio-economic groups. This study sets to investigate the distribution of wealth quintiles and risk factors of non-communicable diseases in Ghana based on evidence from the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2014 using concentration curves model. In 2010, out of the 52.8 million deaths worldwide, 34.5 million were due to NCDs and 80% of these deaths were in low-and middle-income countries [4, 5]. Global policy experts predicted that, by 2020, NCD cases may cause seven (7) out of ten (10) deaths in developing countries [6]. The
sub-Saharan Africa context is not different from the global NCDs patterns, distribution, health inequalities and disabilities.
