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Table 7 Discrepancies observed between verbal autopsy diagnoses and medical record review in the validation sample

From: Cause-of-death ascertainment for deaths that occur outside hospitals in Thailand: application of verbal autopsy methods

Causes of death

Medical records diagnoses

Verbal autopsy diagnoses

5

20

25

52

66

67

68

69

74

76

77

79

80

81

84

All other causes

Total

Tuberculosis (5)

10

9

2

  

1

1

1

3

6

4

 

2

 

3

4

46

HIV/AIDS (20)

 

116

          

2

 

1

4

123

Other infectious diseases (25)

1

8

8

     

2

1

  

1

1

1

6

29

Diabetes (52)

 

3

1

101

5

29

3

19

7

6

2

1

7

3

13

24

224

Hypertensive diseases (66)

1

  

7

7

10

1

5

5

1

1

  

2

9

5

54

Ischemic heart diseases (67)

2

4

1

14

11

101

13

6

4

7

  

4

2

7

23

199

Other heart diseases (68)

   

1

4

17

10

7

3

2

1

 

1

 

2

16

64

Cerebrovascular diseases (69)

2

1

1

13

3

15

10

184

9

5

1

1

3

1

4

36

285

Pneumonia (74)

2

5

 

2

4

1

3

2

18

6

1

 

1

2

3

11

61

COPD (76)

4

4

2

 

2

7

4

4

4

88

1

1

2

2

6

16

147

Other respiratory diseases (77)

1

2

  

1

  

1

2

2

3

 

1

1

2

1

17

Peptic ulcer (79)

 

1

1

  

3

  

1

1

1

10

5

5

2

2

32

Liver diseases (80)

 

7

 

1

 

2

2

3

3

1

1

 

50

7

2

14

93

Other digestive diseases (81)

 

1

1

1

   

3

1

   

2

11

2

10

34

Genitourinary diseases (84)

 

1

 

5

15

1

3

2

2

  

2

3

3

33

18

86

All other causes

8

29

8

13

6

16

14

32

21

17

5

1

28

13

17

836

1064

Total

31

191

25

158

58

203

64

269

85

143

21

16

112

53

107

1022

2558