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. 2019 Dec 9;19:232. doi: 10.1186/s12874-019-0877-7

Table 3.

Ten largest changes (increases or decreases) in Tariff values after incorporation of additional gold standard data

Cause Module Symptom Tariff score based solely on PHMRC Tariff score based on Combined Difference
Bite of Venomous Animal adult Decedent suffered bite/sting 229.7 327.9 98.2
Fires adult Decedent suffered burn 178.3 241.3 63.0
Fires child Decedent suffered burn/fire 125.5 156.9 31.4
Maternal adult Did she have excessive bleeding during labor or delivery? 73.5 87.0 13.4
Suicide adult Decedent suffered poisoning 127.5 140.4 12.9
Breast Cancer adult Did [name] have any swelling or lump in the breast? 39.2 49.1 9.9
AIDS child Was the HIV test ever positive? 57.6 66.2 8.6
Breast Cancer adult Did [name] have any ulcers (pits) in the breast? 65.5 72.5 7.1
Falls adult Decedent suffered fall 33.6 40.7 7.0
AIDS adult Did Decedent Have AIDS? 16.7 23.5 6.9
AIDS adult Did Decedent Have TB? 13.9 10.0 −3.9
Maternal adult For how many months was she pregnant? [days] 279.4 275.4 −4.0
TB adult Did Decedent Have TB? 16.7 11.4 −5.3
Drowning adult Decedent suffered drowning 839.6 831.8 −7.8
Other Non-communicable Diseases adult For how long before death did the convulsions last? [days] 22.3 14.3 −8.0
AIDS child Has the deceased’s (biological) mother ever been told she had AIDS by a health worker? 41.4 31.5 −9.9
Maternal adult Was [name] pregnant at the time of death? 36.6 25.7 −10.9
Stroke adult Paralyzed upper part of body 25.4 12.1 −13.3
Maternal adult Did she die within 6 weeks after having an abortion? 40.5 26.0 −14.5
Poisonings adult Decedent suffered poisoning 384.4 254.6 − 129.9

Note: Symptoms include non-word symptoms where the change in Tariff value was at least 1.0 and the Tariff value using either the PHMRC dataset or the combined PHMRC/IMMCMC dataset is at least 1.0. Tariff values of zero represent Tariffs that are not statistically significant