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Table 3 Cause of death, according to different data sources and interpretation method

From: The quality and diagnostic value of open narratives in verbal autopsy: a mixed-methods analysis of partnered interviews from Malawi

 

Physician review

InterVA

Closed questions only

Open narrative only

Both

Number of assigned causes mean (range)

1.6 (1–3)

1.1 (1–2)

2.3 (1–5)

1 (1)

Inter-interviewer comparisona no. concordant pair (%)

9 (82 %)

6 (55 %)

9 (82 %)

6 (55 %)

  1. For all review methods 11 interview pairs (22 interview records) were analysed
  2. aInter-interviewer comparison represents the number interviews in which the same cause of death was assigned for any cause (not all causes)