Table 3. Distribution of mRISC scores and screening performance in children <5 years hospitalized with respiratory illness in Siaya District Hospital, August 2009–July 2012.
| mRISC Score | Patients | Actual deaths (%) | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | Positive Predictive Value (%) | Negative Predictive Value (%) |
| ≥0Ŧ | 3,581 | 218 (6.1) | 100.0 | 0.0 | 6.1 | |
| ≥1 | 1,089 | 176 (16.2) | 80.7 | 72.9 | 16.2 | 98.3 |
| ≥2 | 445 | 119 (26.7) | 54.6 | 90.3 | 26.7 | 96.8 |
| ≥3 | 176 | 70 (39.8) | 32.1 | 96.9 | 39.8 | 95.7 |
| ≥4 | 55 | 31 (56.4) | 14.2 | 99.3 | 56.4 | 94.7 |
| ≥5 | 15 | 11 (73.3) | 5.1 | 99.9 | 73.3 | 94.2 |
| ≥6 | 5 | 4 (80.0) | 1.8 | 99.9 | 80.0 | 94.0 |
Ŧ
Scores <0 recoded as 0.