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Table 3 Level of chance corrected case-by-case agreement between PR and InterVA, KA-HDSS, 2014

From: How much do the physician review and InterVA model agree in determining causes of death? a comparative analysis of deaths in rural Ethiopia

Probable COD

Agreement (%)

Kappa [95 % CI]

Broad causes of death

  

 Accidents/injuries

95.0

0.75 [0.65–0.85]

 Communicable diseases

71.7

0.39 [0.30–0.48]

 Perinatal causes

94.0

0.51 [0.35–0.67]

 Non-communicable diseases

71.5

0.37 [0.28–0.46]

 Overall

56.5

0.40 [0.39–0.45]

Specific causes of death

  

 Tuberculosis

90.6

0.59 [0.47–0.70]

 Cardiovascular diseases

86.4

0.23 [0.1–0.37]

 Neoplasms

88.5

0.27 [0.13–0.41]

 Acute lower respiratory tract infections

91.0

0.39 [0.24–0.54]

 Pneumonia/sepsis

95.9

0.55 [0.36–0.74]

 Perinatal causes

97.0

0.59 [0.39–0.79]

Agreement by age group and sex

  

Age

  

 Under five

44.4

0.35 [0.28–0.41]

 15–45 years

38.0

0.33 [0.31–0.34]

 45 years and older

32.4

0.26 [0.22–0.29]

Sex

  

 Male

39.6

0.34 [0.34–0.37]

 Female

36.2

0.31 [0.20–0.35]

  1. PR: physician review, COD: cause of death