Agreement between International Network of Field Sites with continuous Demographic Evaluation verbal autopsy tool and Comprehensive Rural Health Services Project verbal autopsy tool in five major causes of death
| Characteristics | κ (SE) | ||||
| Ischaemic heart disease (I20–I25) | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J40–J47) | Tuberculosis (A15–A19) | Malignant neoplasm (C00–C99) | Intentional self-harm (X60–X84) | |
| Overall agreement | 0.754 (0.046) | 0.711 (0.050) | 0.628 (0.063) | 0.876 (0.039) | 0.892 (0.038) |
| Sex | |||||
| Men | 0.740 (0.055) | 0.697 (0.062) | 0.642 (0.074) | 0.913 (0.043) | 0.832 (0.067) |
| Women | 0.784 (0.085) | 0.728 (0.085) | 0.586 (0.124) | 0.825 (0.069) | 0.947 (0.037) |
| Age (years) | |||||
| <25 | 0.791 (0.203) | –* | 0.791 (0.203) | 1.0 (0) | 0.882 (0.066) |
| 25–49 | 0.864 (0.077) | 1.0 (0) | 0.717 (0.109) | 0.718 (0.109) | 0.926 (0.052) |
| ≥50 | 0.702 (0.060) | 0.680 (0.054) | 0.574 (0.081) | 0.925 (0.037) | 0.567 (0.225) |
↵* No death by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in this age group.