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. 2014 Jan 9;12:5. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-12-5

Table 1.

Median chance-corrected concordance (%), cause-specific mortality fraction accuracy for 6 methods across 500 splits by age and health care experience

  Tariff
SSP
CCC
CSMF accuracy
CCC
CSMF accuracy
Median 95% CI Median 95% CI Median 95% CI Median 95% CI
Adult
No HCE
37.8
(37.6, 37.9)
0.717
(0.711, 0.721)
41.4
(41.1, 41.6)
0.715
(0.709, 0.720)
HCE
50.5
(50.2, 50.7)
0.77
(0.766, 0.775)
54.1
(53.9, 54.3)
0.764
(0.760, 0.769)
Child
No HCE
44.6
(44.2, 45.0)
0.744
(0.736, 0.751)
44.9
(44.5, 45.2)
0.74
(0.735, 0.746)
HCE
52.5
(52.1, 53.0)
0.783
(0.776, 0.786)
52.1
(51.7, 52.4)
0.768
(0.762, 0.774)
Neonate
No HCE
44.6
(44.2, 44.9)
0.809
(0.801, 0.817)
48.2
(47.9, 48.6)
0.778
(0.768, 0.787)
HCE
47.3
(46.9, 47.7)
0.817
(0.809, 0.824)
50.3
(50.1, 50.7)
0.79
(0.781, 0.801)
Cont’d
 
RF
PCVA
CCC
CSMF accuracy
CCC
CSMF accuracy
Median
95% CI
Median
95% CI
Median
95% CI
Median
95% CI
Adult
No HCE
37.2
(37.0, 37.4)
0.708
(0.705, 0.712)
29.1
(28.9, 29.3)
0.638
(0.632, 0.644)
HCE
49.2
(49.0, 49.4)
0.769
(0.766, 0.774)
42.2
(41.8, 42.5)
0.68
(0.673, 0.687)
Child
No HCE
44.6
(44.1, 44.9)
0.715
(0.706, 0.721)
33.5
(33.2, 33.7)
0.63
(0.615, 0.637)
HCE
50.2
(49.7, 50.5)
0.739
(0.729, 0.748)
44.5
(44.1, 45.2)
0.678
(0.671, 0.685)
Neonate
No HCE
47.2
(46.9, 47.5)
0.769
(0.759, 0.779)
25.5
(25.2, 26.0)
0.692
(0.682, 0.701)
HCE
50
(49.8, 50.4)
0.793
(0.779, 0.802)
29.3
(28.7, 29.7)
0.719
(0.707, 0.734)
Cont’d
 
KL
InterVA
CCC
CSMF accuracy
CCC
CSMF accuracy
Median
95% CI
Median
95% CI
Median
95% CI
Median
95% CI
Adult
No HCE
 
 
0.672
(0.667, 0.676)
23.4
(23.3, 23.6)
0.611
(0.605, 0.620)
HCE
 
 
0.688
(0.682, 0.692)
23.8
(23.6, 24.0)
0.625
(0.617, 0.632)
Child
No HCE
 
 
0.674
(0.668, 0.680)
29.6
(29.3, 29.9)
0.514
(0.506, 0.526)
HCE
 
 
0.69
(0.683, 0.696)
30.3
(30.0, 30.6)
0.52
(0.510, 0.529)
Neonate
No HCE
 
 
0.808
(0.796, 0.817)
20
(19.8, 20.4)
0.627
(0.602, 0.641)
HCE
 
 
0.81
(0.799, 0.819)
19.4
(19.2, 19.8)
0.629
(0.606, 0.648)
King-Lu (KL) does not estimate individual causes so chance-corrected concordance and Cohen's kappa cannot be calculated.

Table 1 shows chance-corrected concordance (CCC), and cause-specific mortality fraction (CSMF) accuracy for all methods across 500 splits by age and health care experience for adults, children, and neonates. CI, confidence interval; KL, King-Lu; PCVA, physician-certified VA; RF, Random Forest; SSP, Simplified Symptom Pattern; VA, verbal autopsy.