Table 3.

Level of chance corrected case-by-case agreement between PR and InterVA, KA-HDSS, 2014

Probable COD	Agreement (%)	Kappa [95 % CI]
Broad causes of death
Accidents/injuries	95.0	0.75 [0.65–0.85]
Communicable diseases	71.7	0.39 [0.30–0.48]
Perinatal causes	94.0	0.51 [0.35–0.67]
Non-communicable diseases	71.5	0.37 [0.28–0.46]
Overall	56.5	0.40 [0.39–0.45]
Specific causes of death
Tuberculosis	90.6	0.59 [0.47–0.70]
Cardiovascular diseases	86.4	0.23 [0.1–0.37]
Neoplasms	88.5	0.27 [0.13–0.41]
Acute lower respiratory tract infections	91.0	0.39 [0.24–0.54]
Pneumonia/sepsis	95.9	0.55 [0.36–0.74]
Perinatal causes	97.0	0.59 [0.39–0.79]
Agreement by age group and sex
Age
Under five	44.4	0.35 [0.28–0.41]
15–45 years	38.0	0.33 [0.31–0.34]
45 years and older	32.4	0.26 [0.22–0.29]
Sex
Male	39.6	0.34 [0.34–0.37]
Female	36.2	0.31 [0.20–0.35]

PR: physician review, COD: cause of death