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The\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ECT<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      \u2010related mortality rate was calculated as the total number of\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ECT<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      \u2010related deaths reported in the included studies divided by the total number of\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ECT<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      treatments.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Fifteen studies with data from 32 countries reporting on a total of 766 180\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ECT<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      treatments met the inclusion criteria. Sixteen cases of\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ECT<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      \u2010related death were reported in the included studies yielding an\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ECT<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      \u2010related mortality rate of 2.1 per 100 000 treatments (95%\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      : 1.2\u20133.4). In the nine studies that were published after 2001 (covering 414 747 treatments), there was only one reported\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ECT<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      \u2010related death.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ECT<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      \u2010related mortality rate was estimated at 2.1 per 100 000 treatments. In comparison, a recent analysis of the mortality of general anesthesia in relation to surgical procedures reported a mortality rate of 3.4 per 100 000. 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