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Table 7 The number of undetermined cases among the brought-in-dead child 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

51

24.9%

Undetermined only by Death Notification Form

17

33.2%

Undetermined only by SmartVA

60

62.4%

Both Determined

77

37.6%

 Matched CoDs between both methods

53

68.8%

 Unmatched CoDs between both methods

24

31.2%

 Kappa coefficient

0.635 (95% CI: 0.548–0.740)

  1. NB: CoDs cause of deaths