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Table 2 Changes in Cause-Specific chance corrected concordance (CCC) with additional Gold Standard cases

From: Robustness of the Tariff method for diagnosing verbal autopsies: impact of additional site data on the relationship between symptom and cause

 

Median Chance-Corrected Concordance (%)

PHMRC

95% UI

Combined

95% UI

Difference

Adult Cause

 Fires

68.8

(67.4, 71.1)

77

(75.7, 78.1)

8.2

 Leukemia/Lymphomas

27.4

(25.6, 28.4)

34.7

(33.6, 35.7)

7.3

 Esophageal Cancer

59.6

(58.1, 61.9)

65.6

(63.1, 67.1)

6

 Road Traffic

82.8

(82.1, 83.7)

87.4

(86.6, 88.1)

4.6

 AIDS

50.5

(49.6, 51.6)

54.9

(53.8, 55.8)

4.4

 Other Infectious Diseases

12.6

(11.7, 13.5)

16.8

(16.1, 17.5)

4.2

 Maternal

80.8

(80, 81.9)

84.8

(83.9, 85.3)

4

 Renal Failure

34.1

(33.1, 35.5)

38.1

(37.2, 38.6)

4

 Bite of Venomous Animal

94.3

(93.5, 95.3)

98.2

(96.2, 100)

3.9

 Pneumonia

15.5

(14.3, 16.3)

19.3

(18.8, 20)

3.8

 Stroke

55.7

(54.3, 56.3)

59.1

(58.4, 60.1)

3.4

 Homicide

77.9

(77, 78.9)

81.2

(79.8, 81.9)

3.3

 Other Cardiovascular Diseases

25.9

(24.4, 27.2)

29

(28.1, 30.1)

3.1

 Falls

60.9

(59.9, 62.3)

63.9

(62.8, 64.5)

3

 Diarrhea/Dysentery

36.5

(35.5, 37.9)

39.2

(38.1, 40.3)

2.7

 Prostate Cancer

60.6

(58.8, 62.5)

63

(60.7, 64.7)

2.4

 Diabetes

43.3

(42.2, 44.7)

45.6

(44.8, 46.4)

2.3

 Lung Cancer

24.3

(22.7, 25.8)

26.1

(24.7, 27.4)

1.8

 Malaria

45.7

(43.4, 46.8)

47.5

(46, 48.4)

1.8

 Ischemic Heart Disease

32.7

(31.6, 33.7)

34.4

(33.2, 35.2)

1.7

 Other Cancers

5.3

(4.4, 5.8)

6.9

(6.2, 7.3)

1.6

 Cervical Cancer

66.9

(65.6, 67.8)

67.9

(66.4, 69.3)

1

 Colorectal Cancer

22.5

(20.6, 23.6)

23.5

(22.2, 24.7)

1

 Other Non-communicable Diseases

10.3

(9.7, 10.9)

11.2

(10.5, 11.6)

0.9

 Breast Cancer

78.7

(77.7, 79.8)

79.4

(78.5, 80.1)

0.7

 Poisonings

57

(55.8, 58.8)

57.6

(55.9, 59)

0.6

 Chronic Respiratory

45.3

(44.2, 46.3)

45.6

(44.5, 46.7)

0.3

 Drowning

89.3

(88.3, 90.1)

89.5

(88.5, 90.6)

0.2

 Stomach Cancer

26.2

(24, 27.5)

23.5

(22.1, 24.8)

−2.7

 Cirrhosis

51.5

(49.7, 52.8)

48.4

(48.4, 50.2)

−3.1

 TB

45.8

(44.6, 47.2)

38.5

(37.8, 39.8)

−7.3

 Suicide

13.6

(12.3, 14.2)

6

(5.3, 6.6)

−7.6

 Other Injuries

64.6

(63.1, 65.6)

52.3

(50.9, 53.9)

−12.3

Child Cause

 Falls

55.6

(52.7, 58)

66.7

(64.9, 69.6)

11.1

 Other Cancers

31.7

(29.4, 34.1)

42.5

(39.7, 45)

10.8

 Pneumonia

10

(9.3, 11.2)

16.6

(15.4, 17.9)

6.6

 Fires

65.4

(63.9, 68.6)

71.7

(69.9, 73.8)

6.3

 Other Digestive Diseases

24.5

(21.3, 25.7)

29.9

(27.5, 31.1)

5.4

 Other Cardiovascular Diseases

36.8

(35, 38.6)

40.3

(38.9, 42.4)

3.5

 Measles

80.6

(78.1, 83.6)

83.5

(81.2, 85)

2.9

 Poisonings

68.9

(65, 71.6)

71.8

(68.8, 73.8)

2.9

 Road Traffic

92.7

(91.3, 93.8)

95.4

(93.8, 96.3)

2.7

 Sepsis

6.4

(5.3, 7.9)

8.8

(7.4, 10)

2.4

 Malaria

56.3

(54.9, 58)

58

(56.8, 60.5)

1.7

 Bite of Venomous Animal

100

−100,100

100

(97.2, 100)

0

 Diarrhea/Dysentery

36.1

(34.2, 37)

36

(34.4, 37.8)

−0.1

 Encephalitis

30

(29.6, 33.5)

29.8

(27.1, 31.8)

−0.2

 Drowning

94.7

(93.1, 96)

94.5

(93.4, 95.5)

−0.2

 Violent Death

85.2

(83.5, 87.2)

85

(83.4, 86.8)

−0.2

 Hemorrhagic fever

55.8

(52.8, 58)

55

(53.2, 57)

−0.8

 Other Defined Causes of Child Deaths

17.5

(16.4, 19)

15.8

(14.1, 17.5)

−1.7

 AIDS

50.8

(47.4, 53.7)

47.5

(47.2, 52.9)

−3.3

 Meningitis

20.3

(17.9, 22.2)

15.7

(13.4, 16.9)

−4.6

Neonate Cause

 Other Infectious Diseases

22.4

(21.1, 25)

17.6

(16, 19.2)

−4.8

 Birth asphyxia

32.8

(31.6, 33.6)

35.9

(34.9, 36.9)

3.1

 Preterm Delivery

43.2

(42.1, 44.1)

45.8

(44.9, 46.7)

2.6

 Pneumonia

13.4

(12, 14.6)

14.2

(12.6, 15.1)

0.8

 Stillbirth

88.7

(88, 89.2)

88

(87.5, 88.5)

−0.7

 Congenital malformation

36.2

(35.4, 37.2)

35

(33.7, 36.2)

−1.2

 Meningitis/Sepsis

38.4

(36.9, 40)

32.2

(31, 33.3)

−6.2

  1. Abbreviations: UI Uncertainty Interval