Table 4.
Results of the verbal autopsy re-examination exercise
| The Gambia | Mali | Mozambique | Kenya | India | Bangladesh | Pakistan | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of deaths | ||||||||
| GEMS deaths cases | 39 | 23 | 51 | 52 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 190 |
| GEMS deaths controls | 7 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37 |
| GEMS-1A deaths cases | 11 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 45 |
| GEMS-1A deaths controls | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Total deaths in study | 60 | 32 | 76 | 76 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 285 |
| Total deaths with verbal autopsy re-reviewed results | 58 | 31 | 76 | 66 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 266 |
| Discrepancies between physicians | 8/58 (13·8%) | 5/31 (16·1%) | 20/76 (26·3%) | 10/66 (15·2%) | 0/4 | 0/11 | 7/20 (35·0%) | 50/266 (18·8%) |
| Causes of death* | ||||||||
| Diarrhoeal diseases (A09) | 29/50 (58·0%) | 15/26 (57·7%) | 28/63 (44·4%) | 22/55 (40·0%) | 2/2 (100%) | 8/9 (88·9%) | 10/25 (40·0%) | 114/230 (49·6%) |
| Acute respiratory infection, including pneumonia (J18) | 4/50 (8·0%) | 6/26 (23·1%) | 4/63 (6·3%) | 1/55 (1·8%) | 1/2 (50·0%) | 1/9 (11·1%) | 3/25 (12·0%) | 19/230 (8·3%) |
| HIV/AIDS-related death (B24) | 0/50 | 1/26 (3·8%) | 20/63 (31·7%) | 21/55 38·2%) | 0/2 | 0/9 | 0/25 | 42/230 (18·3%) |
| Severe malnutrition (E46) | 14/50 (28·0%) | 2/26 (7·7%) | 2/63 (3·2%) | 2/55 (3·6%) | 1/2 (50·0%) | 0/9 | 0/25 | 21/230 (9·1%) |
| Sepsis (including neonatal) (A41 and P36) | 8/50 (16·0%) | 4/26 (15·4%) | 6/63 (9·5%) | 0/55 | 0/2 | 5/9 (55·6%) | 3/25 (12·0%) | 26/230 (11·3%) |
| Malaria (B54) | 3/50 (6·0%) | 4/26 (15·4%) | 2/63 (3·2%) | 12/55 (21·8%) | 0/2 | 0/9 | 1/25 (4·0%) | 22/230 (9·6%) |
*
Causes of death (according to verbal autopsy) as primary or co-primary diagnosis (ICD-10 codes) in GEMS and GEMS-1A moderate-to-severe or less-severe diarrhoea cases only. Each patient may have up to two different diagnoses; therefore, numbers may exceed 100%.