Trends and determinants of mortality in women of reproductive age in rural Guinea-Bissau, West Africa – a cohort study

Table 1 Mortality rates of women of reproductive age over the period, 1996-2007

Determinant	Deaths	Person-years-at-risk	Rate per 100,000	95% Confidence interval
Period
1996	75	10606	707	564–887
1997	80	11270	710	570–884
1998	88	11360	775	629–955
1999	85	11318	751	607–929
2000	84	11446	734	593–909
2001	119	11635	1023	855–1224
2002	99	11712	845	694–1029
2003	94	11928	788	644–965
2004	79	12183	648	520–808
2005	81	12138	667	537–830
2006	49	13172	372	281–492
2007	73	12925	565	449–710
Region
Northern
Cacheu	154	28722	536	458–628
Biombo	183	32776	558	483–645
Oio	190	27888	681	591–785
Eastern
Bafata	245	26446	947	836–1074
Gabu	234	25850	885	778–1006
Ethnic group
Fula	297	34467	862	769–966
Mandinga	214	27258	785	687–898
Balanta	207	27573	751	655–860
Pepel	155	27392	566	483–662
Manjaco	64	13037	491	384–627
Other	68	11784	577	455–732
Age group
12–14	4	2123	188	71–502
15–19	109	23958	455	377–549
20–24	137	29435	465	394–550
25–29	154	24753	622	531–729
30–35	163	20886	780	669–910
35–39	141	17941	786	666–927
40–44	106	13891	763	631–923
45–49	192	8708	2205	1914–2540
Overall standardized mortality	1006	141693	759	743–774

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