Table 3 Estimated reporting completeness (%) of deaths (all ages, both sexes) by source and method of assessment for Tongatapu
From: Mortality trends in Tonga: an assessment based on a synthesis of local data
Method of assessment | Years | Completeness (%) and 95% confidence intervals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reconciled death data | Civil registration of deaths | HIS (death certificates) | RHS (community nursing reports) | MoH (combined) | ||
Comparison against reconciled death data | 2001-2004 | - | 70 | 96 | NA | NA |
2005-2009 | - | 56 | 70 | 42 | 91 | |
Brass growth-balance assessment | 2001-2004 | 96 (M) / 63 (F) | - | - | - | - |
2005-2009 | >99 (M) / 82 (F) | - | - | - | - | |
Two-source capture-recapture analysis | 2001-2004 | 98 (97 – 99) | 69 (68–70) | 94 (93 – 95) | NA | NA |
2005-2009 | 93 (91–95) | 53 (52–54) | 66 (65–67) | 40 (39–40) | 84 (83–86) | |
Three-source capture-recapture analysis (aggregated ages) | 2005-2009 | 68 (63–73) | 37 (34 – 40) | 46 (43 – 50) | 28 (26 – 30) | 63 (58 – 67) |
Three-source capture-recapture analysis (final disaggregation*) | 2005-2009 | 69 (57 – 77) | 38 (31 – 42) | 47 (39 – 52) | 28 (23 – 31) | 63 (52–70) |