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Table 4 The number of undetermined cases among the brought-in-dead adult cases and the concordance rate of CoDs among the cases with determined CoDs by both of Death Notification Form and SmartVA in the University Teaching Hospital

From: Analysis of causes of death among brought-in-dead cases in a third-level Hospital in Lusaka, Republic of Zambia, using the tariff method 2.0 for verbal autopsy: a cross-sectional study

 

Number

Percentage

Both Undetermined

191

14.0%

Undetermined only by Death Notification Form

335

24.5%

Undetermined only by SmartVA

154

11.3%

Both Determined

 

686

50.2%

 Matched CoDs between both methods

297

43.3%

 Unmatched CoDs between both methods

389

56.7%

 Kappa coefficient

0.083 (95% CI: 0.069–0.086)

  1. NB: CoDs cause of deaths