Table 2.
Chance-corrected concordance and CSMF accuracy for full Population Health Metrics Research Consortium verbal autopsy instrument (PHMRC VAI) as compared to the shortened PHMRC VAI by type of text items included in the analysis
| Chance-corrected concordance | CSMF accuracy | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (%) | 95 % CI | Median (%) | 95 % CI | |||
| Adult | Full PHMRC VAI | No Text | 44.3 | (44.1, 44.4) | 74.5 | (74.0, 74.8) |
| Text | 50.5 | (50.3, 50.8) | 77 | (76.6, 77.5) | ||
| Shortened PHMRC VAI | No Text | 43.3 | (43.1, 43.5) | 74.6 | (74.0, 75.2) | |
| Checklist | 46.6 | (46.5, 46.8) | 76.2 | (75.7, 76.7) | ||
| Text | 50 | (49.8, 50.2) | 76.6 | (76.2, 77.2) | ||
| Child | Full PHMRC VAI | No Text | 44.6 | (44.2, 45.0) | 74.3 | (73.6, 75.2) |
| Text | 52.6 | (52.2, 53.1) | 78.3 | (77.6, 78.7) | ||
| Shortened PHMRC VAI | No Text | 44.5 | (44.1, 45.0) | 74.5 | (73.7, 75.2) | |
| Checklist | 51.8 | (51.4, 52.1) | 78 | (77.5, 78.7) | ||
| Text | 52.5 | (52.2, 52.9) | 78.3 | (77.6, 78.9) | ||
| Neonate | Full PHMRC VAI | No Text | 42.2 | (41.9, 42.6) | 81.4 | (80.5, 82.4) |
| Text | 44.7 | (44.3, 45.0) | 82.8 | (81.9, 83.5) | ||
| Shortened PHMRC VAI | No Text | 40.2 | (40.0, 40.5) | 81.1 | (80.1, 81.8) | |
| Checklist | 43.4 | (43.0, 43.8) | 82.1 | (81.4, 83.0) | ||
| Text | 43.4 | (43.1, 43.6) | 82.2 | (81.4, 83.1) | ||
CSMF cause specific mortality fraction, CI confidence interval