Table 2.

Comparison of Physician coder 1 and Physician coder 2 responses for specific causes of early neonatal deaths (n=118)

Underlying Cause of Death	Physician Response - n (%)				Kappa with corres- ponding 95% CI
	Physicians agreed			Physicians disagreed (one physician noted the condition positive and other noted the condition negative)
	Condition noted as un- derlying cause	Condition not noted as un- derlying cause	Total
Preterm	13	96	109 ( 92%)	9 ( 8%)	0.70 (0.51, 0.88)
Neonatal Infection	44	61	105 ( 89%)	13 (11%)	0.78 (0.66, 0.89)
Birth Asphyxia	28	77	105 ( 89%)	13 (11%)	0.73 (0.60, 0.87)
C. Malformation	4	114	118 (100%)	0	1.00 (1.00, 1.00)
Tetanus	5	112	117 ( 99%)	1 ( 1%)	0.90 (0.72, 1.00)
Unknown/no cause	2	114	116 ( 98%)	2 ( 2%)	0.66 (0.22, 1.00)