Table 6.
Cause-specific mortality fraction of physician (at least two physicians agreed) and medical assistant-assigned direct cause of death
| Physician | MA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of death | N | % | N | % |
| Birth asphyxia | 164 | (44.9) | 151 | (41.5) |
| Prematurity/LBW Weight | 55 | (15.1) | 41 | (11.3) |
| Sepsis/Meningitis | 45 | (12.3) | 29 | (8.0) |
| RDS | 25 | (6.9) | 39 | (10.7) |
| Pneumonia | 20 | (5.5) | 35 | (9.6) |
| Others | ||||
| Congenital anomaly | 3 | (0.8) | 10 | (2.8) |
| Specified rarea | 22 | (6.0) | 57 | (15.7) |
| Undeterminedb | 26 | (7.1) | n/a | n/a |
| Unspecified cause | 5 | (1.4) | 2 | (0.6) |
| Total | 365 | (100) | 364 | (100) |
a Causes with small numbers are grouped under other specified
b Cause where three physicians' differed on a cause of death