From: Using verbal autopsy to measure causes of death: the comparative performance of existing methods
 | Tariff | SSP | |||||||
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CCC | CSMF accuracy | CCC | CSMF accuracy | ||||||
Median | 95% CI | Median | 95% CI | Median | 95% CI | Median | 95% CI | ||
Adult | No HCE | 37.8 | (37.6, 37.9) | 0.717 | (0.711, 0.721) | 41.4 | (41.1, 41.6) | 0.715 | (0.709, 0.720) |
HCE | 50.5 | (50.2, 50.7) | 0.77 | (0.766, 0.775) | 54.1 | (53.9, 54.3) | 0.764 | (0.760, 0.769) | |
Child | No HCE | 44.6 | (44.2, 45.0) | 0.744 | (0.736, 0.751) | 44.9 | (44.5, 45.2) | 0.74 | (0.735, 0.746) |
HCE | 52.5 | (52.1, 53.0) | 0.783 | (0.776, 0.786) | 52.1 | (51.7, 52.4) | 0.768 | (0.762, 0.774) | |
Neonate | No HCE | 44.6 | (44.2, 44.9) | 0.809 | (0.801, 0.817) | 48.2 | (47.9, 48.6) | 0.778 | (0.768, 0.787) |
HCE | 47.3 | (46.9, 47.7) | 0.817 | (0.809, 0.824) | 50.3 | (50.1, 50.7) | 0.79 | (0.781, 0.801) | |
Cont’d | |||||||||
 | RF | PCVA | |||||||
CCC | CSMF accuracy | CCC | CSMF accuracy | ||||||
Median | 95% CI | Median | 95% CI | Median | 95% CI | Median | 95% CI | ||
Adult | No HCE | 37.2 | (37.0, 37.4) | 0.708 | (0.705, 0.712) | 29.1 | (28.9, 29.3) | 0.638 | (0.632, 0.644) |
HCE | 49.2 | (49.0, 49.4) | 0.769 | (0.766, 0.774) | 42.2 | (41.8, 42.5) | 0.68 | (0.673, 0.687) | |
Child | No HCE | 44.6 | (44.1, 44.9) | 0.715 | (0.706, 0.721) | 33.5 | (33.2, 33.7) | 0.63 | (0.615, 0.637) |
HCE | 50.2 | (49.7, 50.5) | 0.739 | (0.729, 0.748) | 44.5 | (44.1, 45.2) | 0.678 | (0.671, 0.685) | |
Neonate | No HCE | 47.2 | (46.9, 47.5) | 0.769 | (0.759, 0.779) | 25.5 | (25.2, 26.0) | 0.692 | (0.682, 0.701) |
HCE | 50 | (49.8, 50.4) | 0.793 | (0.779, 0.802) | 29.3 | (28.7, 29.7) | 0.719 | (0.707, 0.734) | |
Cont’d | |||||||||
 | KL | InterVA | |||||||
CCC | CSMF accuracy | CCC | CSMF accuracy | ||||||
Median | 95% CI | Median | 95% CI | Median | 95% CI | Median | 95% CI | ||
Adult | No HCE | Â | Â | 0.672 | (0.667, 0.676) | 23.4 | (23.3, 23.6) | 0.611 | (0.605, 0.620) |
HCE | Â | Â | 0.688 | (0.682, 0.692) | 23.8 | (23.6, 24.0) | 0.625 | (0.617, 0.632) | |
Child | No HCE | Â | Â | 0.674 | (0.668, 0.680) | 29.6 | (29.3, 29.9) | 0.514 | (0.506, 0.526) |
HCE | Â | Â | 0.69 | (0.683, 0.696) | 30.3 | (30.0, 30.6) | 0.52 | (0.510, 0.529) | |
Neonate | No HCE | Â | Â | 0.808 | (0.796, 0.817) | 20 | (19.8, 20.4) | 0.627 | (0.602, 0.641) |
HCE | Â | Â | 0.81 | (0.799, 0.819) | 19.4 | (19.2, 19.8) | 0.629 | (0.606, 0.648) | |
King-Lu (KL) does not estimate individual causes so chance-corrected concordance and Cohen's kappa cannot be calculated. |