Table 4.

Agreement in the underlying cause by diagnostic group: ICD 4-character level, point estimates and 95% CIs

	DNF–EDC				DNF–PHIC
	West Bank		Gaza Strip		West Bank		Gaza Strip
	PE (%)	95% CI	PE (%)	95% CI	PE (%)	95% CI	PE (%)	95% CI
Neoplasm	76	65 to 87	84	73 to 95	39	26 to 51	64	49 to 79
Metabolic	32	12 to 52	29	8 to 50	16	1 to 31	19	1 to 37
Cardiac	49	38 to 61	37	13 to 61	42	30 to 54	29	5 to 54
Cerebrovascular	53	38 to 68	45	21 to 69	16	5 to 27	63	39 to 87
Perinatal	46	27 to 66	45	23 to 68	11	0 to 23	5	0 to 15
Anomaly	51	34 to 69	47	21 to 74	3	0 to 9	29	5 to 54
External	78	60 to 96	–		9	0 to 22	–
Other	56	43 to 69	45	32 to 59	16	6 to 26	36	22 to 50

	EDC–PHIC
	West Bank		Gaza Strip
	PE (%)	95% CI	PE (%)	95% CI
Neoplasm	36	26 to 50	62	47 to 77
Metabolic	4	0 to 11	10	0 to 23
Cardiac	36	25 to 48	24	1 to 46
Cerebrovascular	7	0 to 15	26	5 to 48
Perinatal	11	0 to 21	5	0 to 15
Anomaly	3	0 to 9	24	1 to 46
External	9	0 to 22	–
Other	10	2 to 18	31	18 to 45

DNF, death notification form; ICD, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems; PE, point estimates; PHIC, Palestinian Health Information Centre.