Table 3

Misclassification patterns for leading causes of hospital deaths in the study.

Causes of death *

Medical records diagnoses

Vital registration diagnoses

20

31

34

46

52

66^†

67

68

69

74

76

80

81

84

96

All other causes

Total

Septicaemia (12)

44

2

3

3

53

6

8

3

55

38

16

27

19

47

2

144

470

Ill defined conditions (94)

16

6

7

5

27

16

75

36

25

14

39

10

14

13

9

135

447

Cerebrovascular diseases (69)

1

7

1

4

5

203

1

9

31

262

Ischaemic heart diseases (67)

1

2

26

5

138

9

3

2

3

3

6

16

214

Pneumonia (74)

40

3

9

1

4

2

25

44

21

7

1

10

3

37

207

All other external causes (103)

1

1

2

1

25

1

93

61

185

Genitourinary diseases (84)

1

1

1

37

24

2

3

3

1

1

5

2

58

17

156

Lung cancer (34)

1

85

6

1

4

5

102

Transport accidents (96)

1

91

92

Liver diseases (80)

2

2

1

2

2

63

2

1

11

86

HIV/AIDS (20)

79

1

3

83

Other cancers (46)

1

14

3

24

2

1

34

79

COPD (76)

1

2

2

3

3

2

3

54

2

5

77

Other digestive diseases (81)

3

1

2

2

1

2

1

16

17

1

1

27

74

Other respiratory diseases (77)

5

2

1

4

1

5

8

3

12

3

3

1

25

73

Other heart diseases (68)

1

1

1

4

15

14

4

1

4

1

1

5

1

18

71

Liver cancer (31)

58

2

1

3

4

68

Other infectious diseases (25)

18

1

3

1

5

1

1

1

1

3

17

52

Tuberculosis (5)

20

1

2

17

40

Other nervous system disorders (61)

10

2

1

4

1

10

28

Diabetes (52)

1

16

2

1

1

2

1

2

26

All other causes

14

8

9

8

5

3

18

1

1

9

4

6

2

294

424

Total

256

85

111

52

199

69

267

82

386

112

159

147

64

159

213

955

3316

* Figures in column headings indicate ICD code for causes of death as per ICD Mortality Tabulation List 1 (see matched figures in parentheses in row headings, and reference 13 in manuscript)

† 66 = Hypertensive diseases

Pattaraarchachai et al. Population Health Metrics 2010 8:12   doi:10.1186/1478-7954-8-12