This paper presents the results of the construction of a working life table for females in Ghana, 1960. Comparisons of the working life table for Ghana with those of other industrialized countries such as the United States of America, England and Wales are made. In addition, some aspects of the uses of working life tables are considered, particularly the examination of annual losses from the actual working population and the factors determining the pattern of losses. It was estimated that out of the total number who left the working
population in 1960, 78-2 per cent left because of death and only 21V8 per cent left for reasons other than death. The total loss rate for Ghana in 1960 amounted to 20-5 per thousand female working population; made up of 16-0 per thousand for losses due to death and 4-5 per thousand for losses due to other causes, respectively. The corresponding figures for males in 1960 are 89-9 per cent and 101 per cent respectively. The total loss rate for males in 1960 amounted to 23-3 per thousand working population, made up of rates 20-9 per thousand for losses due to death and 2-4 per thousand for losses due to retirement and other causes.