Table 4. Top ranked (most likely) sensitivity scores per COD (cause of death) by VA (verbal autopsy) dataset and algorithm with physician assigned COD distributions.
| Cause, sensitivity (%) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA Dataset | Algorithm | Acute
respiratory |
HIV/AIDS | Diarrhoeal | Tuberculosis | Other &
unspecified infections |
Cancers | Nutrition &
endocrine |
Cardiovascular
diseases |
Chronic Respiratory | Liver cirrhosis | Other NCDs | Neonatal
conditions |
Road & transport
injuries |
Other injuries | Ill-defined | Suicide | Maternal |
| MDS | Physician * | 27.7 | 0.04 | 22.2 | 0.6 | 20.6 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 11.0 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 3.2 | - | - |
| Tariff | 36.1 | 10.0 | 47.5 | 42.5 | 19.7 | 16.7 | 31.7 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 23.9 | 3.0 | 11.2 | 84.3 | 57.3 | 25.7 | - | - | |
| InterVA-4 | 78.0 | 0.0 | 55.3 | 51.0 | 43.6 | 9.5 | 0.9 | 8.3 | 3.3 | 29.2 | 1.0 | 15.4 | 70.7 | 71.5 | 10.4 | - | - | |
| InSilicoVA | 61.5 | 0.0 | 55.7 | 50.0 | 32.4 | 0.6 | 42.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.0 | 6.8 | 13.9 | 82.1 | 69.6 | 63.3 | - | - | |
| NBC | 74.9 | 0.0 | 70.4 | 31.6 | 46.5 | 4.1 | 41.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 18.0 | 22.6 | 15.2 | 73.0 | 80.1 | 49.0 | - | - | |
| OAA-NBC | 85.2 | 0.0 | 78.5 | 17.9 | 51.5 | 0.0 | 25.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 23.0 | 11.0 | 79.8 | 80.6 | 25.7 | - | - | |
| Matlab | Physician * | 0.5 | - | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 17.6 | 4.5 | 35.7 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 12.2 | - | 2.4 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| Tariff | 15.0 | - | 53.3 | 55.0 | 15.0 | 41.0 | 61.1 | 38.1 | 79.8 | 50.0 | 9.9 | - | 57.0 | 51.2 | 13.3 | 70.8 | 16.7 | |
| InterVA-4 | 0.0 | - | 26.7 | 51.0 | 29.8 | 48.6 | 21.1 | 32.1 | 42.6 | 61.0 | 7.4 | - | 81.5 | 37.1 | 0.0 | 70.8 | 15.0 | |
| InSilicoVA | 20.0 | - | 50.0 | 34.5 | 11.4 | 17.1 | 34.4 | 47.9 | 71.3 | 53.0 | 8.2 | - | 91.5 | 19.0 | 13.3 | 86.7 | 8.3 | |
| NBC | 10.0 | - | 21.7 | 42.5 | 15.4 | 55.4 | 43.3 | 64.1 | 66.5 | 57.0 | 20.0 | - | 83.5 | 15.0 | 21.7 | 76.7 | 5.0 | |
| OAA-NBC | 20.0 | - | 51.7 | 30.5 | 7.5 | 67.6 | 38.9 | 75.3 | 75.8 | 53.0 | 23.8 | - | 96.0 | 39.5 | 2.5 | 75.8 | 5.0 | |
| Agincourt | Physician * | 1.9 | 34.5 | 1.1 | 11.8 | 7.4 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.8 | - | 3.8 | 6.3 | 12.2 | 2.1 | 1.0 |
| Tariff | 44.3 | 21.4 | 39.8 | 53.3 | 7.2 | 24.6 | 69.3 | 24.7 | 30.8 | 50.0 | 19.6 | - | 80.8 | 41.0 | 3.0 | 14.0 | 60.3 | |
| InterVA-4 | 36.1 | 74.5 | 34.7 | 59.9 | 12.5 | 28.1 | 25.8 | 13.7 | 43.3 | 50.7 | 9.9 | - | 78.4 | 64.7 | 0.0 | 21.9 | 29.2 | |
| InSilicoVA | 53.1 | 29.3 | 31.2 | 60.9 | 11.4 | 26.2 | 32.8 | 14.8 | 35.8 | 41.4 | 18.5 | - | 81.5 | 52.7 | 29.7 | 79.8 | 52.1 | |
| NBC | 41.2 | 59.4 | 27.9 | 60.8 | 26.6 | 35.3 | 33.2 | 28.3 | 33.3 | 39.1 | 16.6 | - | 79.3 | 63.3 | 27.1 | 69.2 | 53.3 | |
| OAA-NBC | 39.1 | 77.9 | 24.3 | 48.0 | 52.3 | 28.7 | 42.9 | 44.1 | 3.3 | 35.8 | 19.0 | - | 82.6 | 82.0 | 26.7 | 6.4 | 48.3 | |
| PHMRC -
Adult Global |
Physician * | 6.5 | - | 2.2 | 3.8 | 13.4 | 10.7 | - | 19.9 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 15.0 | - | 2.7 | 10.1 | - | 1.5 | 7.4 |
| Tariff | 26.0 | - | 28.6 | 47.4 | 26.8 | 48.7 | - | 30.3 | 19.3 | 64.0 | 5.8 | - | 64.0 | 37.8 | - | 22.9 | 89.9 | |
| InterVA-4 | 14.5 | - | 5.9 | 14.6 | 45.8 | 47.7 | - | 32.6 | 45.4 | 87.2 | 13.0 | - | 29.2 | 40.8 | - | 25.7 | 61.8 | |
| InSilicoVA | 16.1 | - | 36.7 | 22.6 | 27.6 | 39.4 | - | 25.2 | 32.1 | 46.9 | 13.1 | - | 76.1 | 59.0 | - | 35.7 | 80.3 | |
| NBC | 26.7 | - | 31.7 | 30.0 | 40.7 | 60.0 | - | 49.4 | 41.7 | 60.6 | 21.3 | - | 61.4 | 69.6 | - | 35.7 | 84.1 | |
| OAA-NBC | 22.7 | - | 22.8 | 20.3 | 52.1 | 64.2 | - | 64.6 | 27.4 | 62.4 | 26.3 | - | 59.7 | 74.3 | - | 18.6 | 90.1 | |
| PHMRC -
Child Global |
Physician * | 25.8 | - | 12.4 | - | 18.2 | 1.4 | - | 3.7 | - | - | 9.0 | - | 4.5 | 15.7 | 9.4 | - | - |
| Tariff | 28.9 | - | 56.2 | - | 20.5 | 6.7 | - | 14.5 | - | - | 22.7 | - | 67.8 | 62.2 | 36.4 | - | - | |
| InterVA-4 | 69.9 | - | 45.3 | - | 25.8 | 43.3 | - | 5.0 | - | - | 8.6 | - | 78.4 | 63.5 | 18.4 | - | - | |
| InSilicoVA | 39.3 | - | 45.6 | - | 26.9 | 35.0 | - | 10.4 | - | - | 17.2 | - | 87.1 | 86.4 | 29.2 | - | - | |
| NBC | 60.5 | - | 48.4 | - | 45.5 | 10.0 | - | 15.7 | - | - | 12.9 | - | 83.9 | 85.5 | 27.2 | - | - | |
| OAA-NBC | 71.0 | - | 53.4 | - | 46.6 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | - | - | 8.5 | - | 90.4 | 91.0 | 23.0 | - | - | |
*Proportion of deaths assigned for each COD by physician(s) review of VA datasets (MDS, Agincourt and Matlab) or by physician’s clinical diagnoses (PHMRC).