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. 2012 Mar 28;7(3):e33075. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033075

Table 3. Proportion of population of characteristics and unweighted kappa for physician agreement of cause of death categorization, by covariate.

Variable n (%) kappa (95%CI)
India Overall 1040 100.0 0.66 0.63 0.70
MMR by region* Low 85 8.2 0.69 0.48 0.78
Medium 266 25.6 0.63 0.57 0.69
High 689 66.2 0.67 0.63 0.71
Rurality Rural 938 90.2 0.67 0.64 0.72
Urban 102 9.8 0.59 0.47 0.71
Death Registration Yes 396 38.1 0.69 0.63 0.75
No 644 61.9 0.68 0.64 0.73
Relationship with respondent Husband or mother-in-law 341 32.8 0.65 0.61 0.71
Other 699 67.2 0.67 0.62 0.71
Respondent lived with deceased Yes 806 77.5 0.63 0.59 0.68
No 234 22.5 0.74 0.67 0.80
Religion Hindu 814 78.2 0.66 0.63 0.70
Muslim 161 15.5 0.67 0.58 0.74
Other 65 6.3 0.60 0.46 0.71
Education of deceased Illiterate 636 61.2 0.65 0.60 0.68
Literate 404 38.8 0.68 0.61 0.73
Education of respondent Illiterate 468 45.0 0.64 0.59 0.69
Literate 572 55.0 0.69 0.64 0.73
Occupation of deceased Nonworker 696 67.0 0.64 0.59 0.68
Worker 344 33.0 0.71 0.65 0.76
Gestational age Inline graphic7 months 858 82.5 0.62 0.57 0.66
<7 months 182 17.5 0.67 0.58 0.73
Hospital admission Yes 472 45.4 0.66 0.58 0.71
No 568 54.6 0.66 0.62 0.71
Maternal age Inline graphic19 years 115 11.0 0.70 0.61 0.82
20–29 years 539 51.8 0.63 0.56 0.67
Inline graphic30 years 386 37.2 0.64 0.57 0.69
*

Maternal mortality ratio by state of low (Inline graphic125 per 100 000 livebirth), medium (>126 Inline graphic254 per 100 000) and high (Inline graphic375 per 100 000) [24].