Table 6 |
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Validation characteristics of verbal autopsy procedures for 20 leading causes of hospital deaths in the study sample, Thailand, 2005 |
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Cause of death |
Medical record (MR) diagnoses |
Verbal autopsy (VA) diagnoses |
Validation scores for VA |
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Sensitivity |
PPV |
CSMF change in VA (%)* |
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Cerebrovascular diseases |
269 |
285 |
69.1 |
65.3 |
6.5 |
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Diabetes mellitus |
158 |
224 |
63.9 |
45.1 |
41.8 |
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Ischemic heart disease |
203 |
199 |
49.8 |
50.8 |
-1.9 |
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Transport accidents |
185 |
199 |
97.8 |
91.0 |
7.6 |
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Chronic lower respiratory diseases |
143 |
147 |
61.5 |
59.9 |
2.9 |
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HIV/AIDS |
191 |
123 |
60.7 |
94.3 |
-35.6 |
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Lung cancer |
84 |
99 |
79.8 |
67.7 |
17.9 |
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Diseases of the liver |
112 |
93 |
44.6 |
53.8 |
-17.1 |
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Malignant neoplasm of liver |
65 |
88 |
78.5 |
58.0 |
35.3 |
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Other genitourinary diseases |
107 |
86 |
30.8 |
38.4 |
-18.8 |
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Other heart diseases |
64 |
65 |
15.6 |
15.4 |
0.0 |
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Pneumonia |
85 |
61 |
21.2 |
29.5 |
-28.2 |
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Hypertensive diseases |
58 |
54 |
12.1 |
13.0 |
-6.6 |
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Respiratory tuberculosis |
31 |
46 |
32.3 |
21.7 |
48.8 |
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Colorectal cancer |
33 |
45 |
84.8 |
62.2 |
36.4 |
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Falls |
35 |
39 |
60.0 |
53.8 |
11.7 |
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Assault |
33 |
38 |
90.9 |
78.9 |
15.5 |
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Remainder of malignant neoplasms |
37 |
34 |
27.0 |
29.4 |
-8.3 |
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Other digestive disorders |
53 |
34 |
20.8 |
32.4 |
-36.1 |
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All other external causes |
30 |
34 |
50.0 |
44.1 |
16.7 |
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All other causes |
582 |
565 |
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Total deaths |
2558 |
2558 |
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*indicates the change in cause-specific mortality fractions (CSMF) from VA: + ve change indicates over diagnosis by VA; - ve change indicates under diagnosis by VA |
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Polprasert et al. Population Health Metrics 2010 8:13 doi:10.1186/1478-7954-8-13 |
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