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Table 2 Distribution of underlying causes of death attributed by pathologists (gold standard) and by the PCVA

From: Validation of physician certified verbal autopsy using conventional autopsy: a large study of adult non-external causes of death in a metropolitan area in Brazil

Cause Name

Autopsy

PCVA

Frequency

Percent

Frequency

Percent

Ischemic Heart Disease

748

36.3

546

26.5

Other Cardiovascular Diseases

259

12.6

245

11.9

Other non-communicable diseases

185

9.0

186

9.0

Stroke

140

6.8

319

15.5

Other Cancers

133

6.5

124

6.0

Diabetes

130

6.3

66

3.2

Chronic Respiratory

89

4.3

101

4.9

Dementia

82

4.0

57

2.8

Cirrhosis

42

2.0

63

3.1

Pneumonia

36

1.7

86

4.2

Lung Cancer

34

1.7

21

1.0

Other Infectious Diseases

33

1.6

87

4.2

Colorectal Cancer

32

1.6

5

0.2

Cardiomyopathy

23

1.1

52

2.5

Chagas Disease

23

1.1

36

1.7

Tuberculosis

22

1.1

7

0.3

Leukemia/Lymphomas

17

0.8

4

0.2

Breast Cancer

16

0.8

14

0.7

Stomach Cancer

16

0.8

16

0.8

Other

0

0.0

24

1.2

Maternal

0

0.0

1

0.0

Total

2060

100

2060

100