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Table 4 Sensitivity and chance corrected concordance (CCC) of PCVA for individual causes when the underlying plus any of the intermediate causes listed on the death certificate given by PCVA are 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

42.3

[38.7; 45.9]

39.0

[35.3; 42.9]

Other Cardiovascular Diseases

35.1

[29.3; 41.3]

31.5

[25.4; 38.0]

Other Non-communicable Diseases

48.7

[41.3; 56.1]

45.8

[38.0; 53.7]

Stroke

62.1

[53.6; 70.2]

60.0

[51.0; 68.5]

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

26.8

[17.6; 37.8]

22.8

[13.1; 34.3]

Cirrhosis

57.1

[41.0; 72.3]

54.8

[37.7; 70.7]

Pneumonia

19.4

[8.2; 36.0]

15.0

[3.1; 32.5]

Lung Cancer

44.1

[27.2; 62.1]

41.0

[23.1; 60.0]

Other Infectious Diseases

42.4

[25.5; 60.8]

39.2

[21.3; 58.6]

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; 89.0]

67.0

[38.1; 88.4]

Stomach Cancer

50.0

[24.7; 75.4]

47.2

[20.5; 74.0]

  1. CI Confidence interval