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Table 3 Chance-corrected concordance and cause-specific prevalence fraction accuracy for nine-cause aggregation using the Tariff Method, with and without health care experience (HCE)

From: Validating estimates of prevalence of non-communicable diseases based on household surveys: the symptomatic diagnosis study

 

Chance-corrected concordance (%)

 

No HCE (%)

With HCE (%)

Cirrhosis

82.4

90.6

Depression

87.5

88.7

Angina pectoris

80.1

84.1

Asthma

68.9

76.4

Arthritis

63.4

70.3

Vision loss or cataracts

57.0

57.4

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

41.6

49.5

Hearing loss

47.1

47.9

Control

56.5

57.8

Mean chance-corrected concordance (%)

65.0

69.2

Median cause-specific prevalence fractions accuracy

0.842

0.858