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Table 3 Misclassification patterns for leading causes of hospital deaths in the study.

From: Cause-specific mortality patterns among hospital deaths in Thailand: validating routine death certification

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

  1. * 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)
  2. † 66 = Hypertensive diseases
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