We also calculated standardised mortality ratios for all hypertensive patients.
The standardized mortality ratio from suicide in bipolar disorder is between 18 and 25.
Among those under 40, the mortality ratio for men to women was 2 to 1.
Death rates were expressed as standardised mortality ratios, with the national average as 100.
The overall death rate from cardiovascular disease was close to the national average, the standardised mortality ratio being 94.
These men also had the highest standardised mortality ratio for all causes of death.
Were all these to be recorded, I believe that the mortality ratio would fall notably.
The maternal mortality ratio remained one of the highest in the region.
The maternal mortality ratio in Benin has been estimated between 473 and 990 deaths per 100,000 live births.
In 2008, the maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births was 68.