Table 2. Kappa statistic analysis of physician agreement for injury deaths by age group.
Children (≤14 years) | Adults (15–69 years) | Elderly (≥70 years) | |||||||||||
Variable | Sub-Categories | n | % Agree | Kappa | 99% CI | n | % Agree | Kappa | 99% CI | n | % Agree | Kappa | 99% CI |
Overall | 1595 | 84.1 | 0.81 | 0.79–0.82 | 8162 | 80.9 | 0.77 | 0.76–0.78 | 1752 | 58.2 | 0.44 | 0.40–0.45 | |
Live with Status | Yes | 1081 | 82.6 | 0.79 | 0.79–0.81* | 4666 | 78.7 | 0.74 | 0.74–0.75* | 1290 | 56.5 | 0.40 | 0.36–0.40* |
No | 371 | 86.5 | 0.83 | 0.83–0.86* | 2911 | 84.1 | 0.80 | 0.79–0.81* | 349 | 61.0 | 0.51 | 0.50–0.53* | |
Respondent Gender | Male | 894 | 83.8 | 0.81 | 0.79–0.84 | 4241 | 80.2 | 0.76 | 0.75–0.76* | 950 | 58.4 | 0.44 | 0.41–0.45 |
Female | 665 | 84.5 | 0.81 | 0.80–0.82 | 3832 | 81.5 | 0.77 | 0.76–0.78* | 788 | 57.7 | 0.43 | 0.41–0.47 | |
Respondent Education | Less than Primary | 908 | 83.5 | 0.80 | 0.78–0.82 | 3912 | 80.5 | 0.77 | 0.75–0.78 | 737 | 59.7 | 0.47 | 0.44–0.53* |
Primary | 191 | 85.3 | 0.82 | 0.77–0.84 | 982 | 79.8 | 0.75 | 0.73–0.77 | 214 | 57.0 | 0.44 | 0.41–0.52* | |
>Primary | 466 | 84.6 | 0.82 | 0.80–0.83 | 3074 | 81.3 | 0.77 | 0.76–0.78 | 766 | 56.9 | 0.39 | 0.36–0.41* | |
Respondent Relationship | Related | 1457 | 84.4 | 0.81 | 0.80–0.82 | 7346 | 80.6 | 0.77 | 0.76–0.77* | 1603 | 57.4 | 0.42 | 0.40–0.45* |
Unrelated | 95 | 85.3 | 0.82 | 0.80–0.85 | 699 | 83.6 | 0.79 | 0.77–0.79* | 132 | 67.4 | 0.58 | 0.48–0.64* | |
Religion | Hindu | 1271 | 84.1 | 0.81 | 0.80–0.82* | 6786 | 81.2 | 0.77 | 0.76–0.78* | 1427 | 58.7 | 0.44 | 0.44–0.47* |
Muslim | 237 | 83.1 | 0.79 | 0.77–0.80* | 675 | 80.4 | 0.77 | 0.73–0.80* | 152 | 50.7 | 0.31 | 0.22–0.40* | |
Other | 83 | 86.8 | 0.84 | 0.78–0.90* | 678 | 78.2 | 0.73 | 0.71–0.76* | 166 | 59.6 | 0.46 | 0.39–0.52* | |
Language | Hindi | 863 | 82.0 | 0.79 | 0.76–0.79* | 2979 | 76.2 | 0.72 | 0.71–0.73* | 646 | 54.3 | 0.37 | 0.33–0.39* |
English | 68 | 95.6 | 0.95 | 0.90–0.98* | 649 | 82.3 | 0.78 | 0.77–0.81* | 98 | 67.4 | 0.58 | 0.53–0.70* | |
Other | 674 | 85.8 | 0.83 | 0.82–0.84* | 4534 | 83.8 | 0.80 | 0.79–0.80* | 1008 | 59.7 | 0.46 | 0.42–0.78* | |
Deceased Gender | Male | 916 | 86.0 | 0.83 | 0.82–0.88* | 5637 | 81.1 | 0.77 | 0.77–0.78* | 901 | 59.4 | 0.48 | 0.47–0.50* |
Female | 679 | 81.6 | 0.78 | 0.77–0.80* | 2524 | 80.4 | 0.75 | 0.75–0.76* | 851 | 56.9 | 0.38 | 0.37–0.40* | |
Deceased Education | Age-Appropriate | 1337 | 84.7 | 0.82 | 0.81–0.82* | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Below Age-Appropriate | 201 | 89.1 | 0.87 | 0.85–0.91* | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Less than Primary | - | - | - | - | 3964 | 78.6 | 0.75 | 0.74–0.75* | 1437 | 57.8 | 0.43 | 0.41–0.45 | |
Primary | - | - | - | - | 1099 | 82.0 | 0.78 | 0.77–0.78* | 133 | 60.2 | 0.48 | 0.40–0.52 | |
>Primary | - | - | - | - | 2968 | 83.4 | 0.79 | 0.78–0.81* | 156 | 58.3 | 0.42 | 0.39–0.50 | |
Death Place | Home | 685 | 80.7 | 0.77 | 0.76–0.78* | 3188 | 77.2 | 0.70 | 0.70–0.72* | 1348 | 53.0 | 0.33 | 0.31–0.35* |
Health Facility | 248 | 81.1 | 0.78 | 0.76–0.81* | 1652 | 80.8 | 0.77 | 0.76–0.77* | 167 | 73.7 | 0.66 | 0.58–0.66* | |
Other | 578 | 89.6 | 0.86 | 0.84–0.87* | 3041 | 84.9 | 0.81 | 0.80–0.81* | 184 | 79.4 | 0.75 | 0.71–0.79* | |
Death Registration | Yes | 401 | 86.8 | 0.84 | 0.82–0.85* | 3409 | 81.3 | 0.77 | 0.76–0.79 | 693 | 56.1 | 0.39 | 0.36–0.40 |
No | 595 | 81.9 | 0.78 | 0.77–0.80* | 1641 | 80.0 | 0.76 | 0.74–0.78 | 411 | 53.5 | 0.39 | 0.35–0.45 | |
Rural/Urban | Rural | 1429 | 84.3 | 0.81 | 0.79–0.82 | 6751 | 81.3 | 0.77 | 0.77–0.77* | 1403 | 58.5 | 0.45 | 0.43–0.46 |
Urban | 166 | 82.5 | 0.79 | 0.69–0.86 | 1411 | 79.2 | 0.74 | 0.72–0.75* | 349 | 56.7 | 0.37 | 0.31–0.46 | |
EAG+Assam vs Non-EAG | EAGA | 858 | 81.7 | 0.78 | 0.78–0.82 | 2840 | 77.5 | 0.74 | 0.73–0.75* | 626 | 52.1 | 0.36 | 0.33–0.40* |
Non-EAGA | 737 | 87.0 | 0.84 | 0.81–0.86 | 5322 | 82.7 | 0.78 | 0.78–0.79* | 1126 | 61.6 | 0.48 | 0.45–0.52* |
Footnote: * indicates that the 99% confidence intervals do not overlap between one or more sub categories of the variable. EAGA = Empowered Action Group including Assam.