Table 3.
Concordance rates of causes of deaths between complete diagnostic autopsy and MITS among all, stillbirths and neonates, employing underlining causes.
| Cause of Death in Complete Diagnostic Autopsy, ICD-10 Code | MITS Concordance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| All, n = 24 | Stillbirths, n = 15 | Neonates, n = 9 | |
| Intrauterine hypoxia, % (Cohen’s kappa) | 100 (1.0) * | 100 (1.0) * | - |
| P20.0 Intrauterine hypoxia first noted before onset of labor, % | 100 | 100 | - |
| P20.1 Intrauterine hypoxia first noted during labor and delivery, % | 100 | 100 | - |
| P28.0 Primary atelectasis of newborn | 100 | 100 | |
| P36.8 Other bacterial sepsis of newborn, % | 33.3 | - | 33.3 |
| E72.2 Disorders of urea cycle metabolism, % | 0 | - | 0 |
| J16.8 Pneumonia due to other specified infectious organisms | 100 | 100 | |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities, % (Cohen’s kappa) | 80 (0.86) * | 50 (0.63) * | 100 (1.0) * |
| Q89.7 Multiple congenital malformations, not elsewhere classified, % | 75 | 50 | 100 |
| Q91.0 Trisomy 18, meiotic nondisjunction | 100 | - | 100 |
| Overall, % | 83.3 | 93.3 | 66.7 |
* McNemar’s test statistic is non-significant and Cohen’s kappa test statistic is statistically significant.