Table 4

 Cross tabulation between registration and verbal autopsy diagnoses for external causes in rural China, 2002

VA diagnosisRegistration diagnosisDrowningFallsPoisoningFiresAssaultNatural causesTotal
RTASuicideOther external causes
RTA, road traffic accidents; VA, verbal autopsy.
RTA724121585
Suicide3472121763
Other external31251411651
Drowning42244
Falls81191644
Poisoning11016725
Fires202
Assault1314413
Natural causes16123560121212155
Total8164554828147721782482