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Table 4 Level of certainty in the reclassifications

From: Accidents and undetermined deaths: re-evaluation of nationwide samples from the Scandinavian countries

 

Certain

Uncertain

Insufficient information

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Norwegian dataset

   

 Transport accidents

86 (78 %)

10 (9 %)

14 (13 %)

 Accidental poisonings

372 (70 %)

60 (11 %)

104 (19 %)

 Accidental drownings

31 (49 %)

4 (6 %)

28 (45 %)

 Accidental fire and flame

80 (84 %)

3 (3 %)

12 (13 %)

Swedish dataset

   

 Transport accidents

65 (69 %)

3 (3 %)

26 (28 %)

 Accidental poisonings

141 (68 %)

22 (10 %)

45 (22 %)

 Accidental drownings

33 (59 %)

7 (12 %)

16 (29 %)

 Accidental fire and flame

32 (75 %)

1 (2 %)

10 (23 %)

 Event of undetermined intent

68 (40 %)

12 (7 %)

90 (53 %)

Danish dataset

   

 Transport accidents

105 (86 %)

4 (3 %)

13 (11 %)

 Accidental poisonings

204 (75 %)

26 (10 %)

41 (15 %)

 Accidental drownings

28 (56 %)

11 (22 %)

11 (22 %)

 Accidental fire and flame

63 (77 %)

9 (11 %)

10 (12 %)

  1. The experts’ assessment of level of certainty (i.e., certain, uncertain and insufficient information) in determining manner and cause of death in the first re-evaluation. Cases that were classified as accidents or undetermined manner of death in the cause of death registers in the Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish datasets