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Table 3 Sensitivity and chance corrected concordance (CCC) of PCVA for individual causes when only the underlying CoD listed on the death certificate given by PCVA is considered

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

Sensitivity

95% CI

CCC

95% CI

Ischemic Heart Disease

40.2

[36.7; 43.9]

36.9

[33.2; 40.7]

Other Cardiovascular Diseases

20.5

[15.7; 25.9]

16.0

[11.0; 21.8]

Other Non-communicable Diseases

31.9

[25.3; 39.1]

28.1

[21.1; 35.7]

Stroke

56.4

[47.8; 64.8]

54.0

[44.9; 62.8]

Other Cancers

56.4

[47.5; 65.0]

54.0

[44.6; 63.0]

Diabetes

17.7

[11.6; 25.4]

13.1

[6.6; 21.2]

Chronic Respiratory

46.1

[35.4; 57.0]

43.1

[31.9; 54.6]

Dementia

24.4

[15.6; 35.1]

20.2

[10.9; 31.5]

Cirrhosis

52.4

[36.4; 68.0]

49.7

[32.9; 66.2]

Pneumonia

8.3

[1.8; 22.5]

3.2

[−3.7; 18.2]

Lung Cancer

44.1

[27.2; 62.1]

41.0

[23.1; 60.0]

Other Infectious Diseases

39.4

[22.9; 57.9]

36.0

[18.6; 55.5]

Colorectal Cancer

12.5

[3.5; 29.0]

7.6

[−1.9; 25.0]

Cardiomyopathy

0.0

[0.0; 14.8]

−5.6

[−5.6; 10.1]

Chagas Disease

65.2

[42.7; 83.6]

63.3

[39.5; 82.7]

Tuberculosis

22.7

[7.8; 45.4]

18.4

[2.7; 42.3]

Leukemia/Lymphomas

11.8

[1.5; 36.4]

6.9

[−4.0; 32.9]

Breast Cancer

68.8

[41.3; 89]

67.0

[38.1; 88.4]

Stomach Cancer

50.0

[24.7; 75.4]

47.2

[20.5; 74.0]

  1. CI Confidence interval