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Table 4 Description of multiple causes of death for 22 cases

From: Validation of verbal autopsy methods using hospital medical records: a case study in Vietnam

  1. MR_UCOD is the underlying COD derived from information in MR. MR_Ia is the MR’s COD recorded in Part I(a) of death certificate. MR_Ib is the MR’s COD recorded in Part I(b). Similar to MR_Ic and MR_Id. MR_II.1, MR_II.2, MR_II.3, MR_II.4 are the MR’s COD recorded in the part II of death certificate. VA_UCOD is the underlying COD by VA. VA_Ia is the VA’s COD recorded in Part I (a). Similar explanation for VA_II.1 and VA_II.2. The “green data” indicated the UCOD which was assigned base on MRs while the “blue data” indicated the UCOD which was assigned base on VA methods. Some “blue data” was highlighted in other selected cells inside the table, which indicates that the cause/condition assigned as UCOD from VA is one of causes recorded in MRs (but not UCOD)