Table 4.

Absolute difference* between the cause-specific mortality fraction of each estimated and reference standard cause, for the general neonatal mortality scenario

Cause	Arifeen et al. 2004 [22]	Baqui et al. 2006 [23]	Kalter et al. 2015 [21]	Lawn et al. 2006 [24]	Liu et al. 2015 [25]	Compromise
Birth asphyxia	0.11 (0.00–0.22)	0.07 (0.01–0.15)	0.11 (0.00–0.22)	0.07 (0.01–0.15)	0.11 (0.00–0.22)	0.11 (0.00–0.22)
Congenital malformation	0.13 (0.03–0.31)	0.13 (0.03–0.31)	0.13 (0.03–0.31)	0.13 (0.03–0.31)	0.13 (0.03–0.31)	0.13 (0.03–0.31)
Meningitis	–	–	0.09 (0.01–0.24)	–	0.10 (0.01–0.24)	–
Pneumonia	–	–	0.19 (0.01–0.32)		0.20 (0.01–0.32)	–
Prematurity	0.12 (0.02–0.30)	0.08 (0.00–0.17)	0.12 (0.02–0.30)	0.08 (0.00–0.17)	0.11 (0.00–0.28)	0.05 (0.00–0.13)
Sepsis	–	–	0.09 (0.00–0.28)		0.11 (0.00–0.30)	0.11 (0.00–0.30)
Sepsis/pneumonia	0.18 (0.02–0.36)	0.10 (0.00–0.24)	0.12 (0.01–0.29)		0.11 (0.00–0.27)	–
Sepsis/pneumonia/meningitis	–	–	0.22 (0.18–0.30)	0.03 (0.00–0.08)	0.19 (0.15–0.27)	0.03 (0.00–0.08)
Unspecified	0.15 (0.12– 0.19)	0.15 (0.12– 0.19)	0.14 (0.11–0.18)	0.14 (0.11–0.18)	0.14 (0.11–0.18)	0.14 (0.11–0.18)

*Median and range across one thousand simulations. Results are shown for six hierarchies as a proportion of all neonatal deaths.