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. 2014 Aug 21;9(8):e104053. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104053

Table 3. Error rates of each health indicator in the DHIMS-2 data at the regional level.

GREATER ACCRA REGION (INVOLVING ONLY THE SAMPLED DISTRICTS/SUB-METRO)
HEALTH INDICATORS 1° DATA FACILITY DATA DHIMS – 2 DATA TOTAL DATA INSPECTED ERROR RATE1 (%) ERROR RATE2 (%) ERROR RATE3 (%)
Total registrants 8984 9079 9079 9012 1.05 1.05 0
Mothers delivered 5903 5875 5912 5925 0.47 0.15 0.62
Babies delivered 5988 5955 5998 6010 0.55 0.17 0.72
Total live birth 5847 5868 5910 6010 0.35 1.05 0.70
Stillbirths 141 87 88 6010 0.90 0.88 0.02
LBW 436 399 399 6010 0.62 0.62 0
Neonatal death 53 52 52 433 0.23 0.23 0
The overall accuracy of the DHMIS-2 database = 0.68% (95% C. I = 0.61–0.75)

Error rate1 represents the percentage of error in the facility data compared to the 1° data.

Error rate2 represents the percentage of error in the DHIMS-2 data compared to the 1° data.

Error rate3 represents the percentage of error in the DHIMS-2 data compared to the facility data.