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. 2012 Jan 17;7(1):e30336. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030336

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.