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Table 4 Cause-specific mortality fractions (%) for 11,984 deaths by age group and for all ages as determined by InterVA-4 and PHMRC hospital causes of death

From: Usefulness of the Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy data for general verbal autopsy methods

Cause of death category

Adults

Children

Neonates

Stillbirths

All ages

InterVA

PHMRC

InterVA

PHMRC

InterVA

PHMRC

InterVA

PHMRC

InterVA

PHMRC

diff

95% CI

01.01 Sepsis (non-obstetric)

0.13

 

0.4

6.35

    

0.15

1.04

−0.89

−1.09 to −0.70

01.02 Acute resp infect, incl pneumonia

14.97

7.07

43.78

26.37

    

16.45

8.70

7.74

6.91 to 8.58

01.03 HIV/AIDS related death

6.57

6.44

6.34

0.91

    

5.11

4.13

0.97

0.44 to 1.51

01.04 Diarrheal diseases

0.17

2.98

3.78

12.7

    

0.73

3.93

−3.20

−3.58 to −2.82

01.05 Malaria

1.8

1.23

11.68

5.59

    

3.03

1.68

1.35

0.97 to 1.74

01.06 Measles

0.03

 

0.64

1.17

    

0.12

0.19

−0.07

−0.17 to 0.03

01.07 Meningitis and encephalitis

0.76

 

1.73

4.93

    

0.82

0.81

0.01

−0.22 to 0.23

01.09 Pulmonary tuberculosis

5.64

3.33

0.24

     

3.53

2.06

1.47

1.05 to 1.89

01.11 Hemorrhagic fever

  

0.27

2.54

    

0.04

0.42

−0.37

−0.49 to −0.25

01.99 Other and unspecified infect dis

1.89

3.35

1.33

3.4

    

1.39

2.63

−1.24

−1.60 to −0.89

02.02 Digestive neoplasms

3.2

2.51

      

1.98

1.55

0.43

0.09 to 0.76

02.03 Respiratory neoplasms

0.94

1.38

      

0.58

0.85

−0.27

−0.48 to −0.06

02.04 Breast neoplasms

1.59

2.54

      

0.99

1.57

−0.58

−0.87 to −0.30

02.05, 02.06 Reproductive neoplasms M,F

2.55

2.54

      

1.58

1.57

0.01

−0.31 to 0.32

02.99 Other and unspecified neoplasms

1.78

1.98

 

1.37

    

1.10

1.45

−0.35

−0.63 to −0.07

03.03 Diabetes mellitus

1.88

5.19

0.03

     

1.17

3.21

−2.05

−2.41 to −1.68

04.01 Acute cardiac disease

1.55

5.06

      

0.96

3.13

−2.17

−2.52 to −1.81

04.02 Stroke

4.93

7.8

      

3.05

4.82

−1.77

−2.27 to −1.28

04.99 Other and unspecified cardiac dis

12.75

5.38

0.03

3.81

    

7.89

3.96

3.94

3.34 to 4.53

05.01 Chronic obstructive pulmonary dis

1.87

2.15

      

1.16

1.33

−0.17

−0.45 to 0.11

05.02 Asthma

1.5

0.57

0.22

     

0.96

0.35

0.61

0.41 to 0.81

06.02 Liver cirrhosis

1.33

3.93

      

0.82

2.43

−1.61

−1.92 to −1.29

07.01 Renal failure

0.83

5.4

      

0.52

3.34

−2.82

−3.17 to −2.48

08.01 Epilepsy

0.87

0.59

0.37

     

0.60

0.37

0.23

0.06 to 0.41

98 Other and unspecified NCD

12.13

7.61

5.59

2.34

    

8.42

5.09

3.33

2.69 to 3.96

09 Maternal CoD

2.57

6.22

      

1.59

3.85

−2.26

−2.67 to −1.85

10.01 Prematurity

    

7.99

40.8

0.85

 

1.14

5.46

−4.32

−4.77 to −3.87

10.02 Birth asphyxia

    

31.46

28.57

3.79

 

4.52

3.82

0.70

0.20 to 1.21

10.03 Neonatal pneumonia

    

38.47

5.18

0.54

 

5.19

0.69

4.50

4.08 to 4.92

10.04 Neonatal sepsis

    

5.03

10.23

0.18

 

0.63

1.37

−0.74

−0.99 to −0.49

10.06 Congenital malformation

    

1.45

15.22

0.68

 

0.25

2.04

−1.78

−2.05 to −1.52

10.99 Other and unspecified neonatal CoD

    

2.77

 

1.33

 

0.48

0.00

0.48

0.35 to 0.60

11 Stillbirth

    

5.62

 

76.94

100

7.18

8.35

−1.17

−1.85 to −0.50

12.01 Road traffic accident

1.51

2.6

3.68

4.57

    

1.54

2.36

−0.82

−1.17 to −0.47

12.03 Accid fall

0.7

2.17

1.41

2.18

    

0.66

1.70

−1.04

−1.31 to −0.77

12.04 Accid drowning and submersion

0.57

1.39

3.55

3.96

    

0.94

1.51

−0.57

−0.85 to −0.30

12.05 Accid expos to smoke, fire & flame

0.37

1.59

1.54

3.25

    

0.48

1.52

−1.04

−1.29 to −0.79

12.06 Contact with venomous plant/animal

0.55

0.84

2.31

2.59

    

0.72

0.94

−0.22

−0.45 to 0.01

12.07 Accid poisoning and noxious subs

0.04

1.11

0.33

0.91

    

0.08

0.83

−0.75

−0.92 to −0.58

12.08 Intentional self-harm

2.01

1.61

0.03

     

1.25

0.99

0.26

−0.01 to 0.52

12.09 Assault

2.27

2.2

3.3

2.49

    

1.94

1.77

0.18

−0.17 to 0.52

12.99 Other and unspecified external CoD

0.02

1.27

0.12

     

0.03

0.78

−0.75

−0.92 to −0.59

99 Indeterminate

7.71

 

7.31

8.54

7.21

 

15.69

 

8.24

1.40

6.84

6.31 to 7.38

  1. CI, confidence interval; PHMRC, Population Health Metrics Research Consortium.