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Table 3 Cause-specific mortality fraction of physician and medical assistant- assigned direct cause of death (N = 365)

From: A comparison of physicians and medical assistants in interpreting verbal autopsy interviews for allocating cause of neonatal death in Matlab, Bangladesh: can medical assistants be considered an alternative to physicians?

 

MA

Physician1

Physician2

Physician3

Cause of death

n

(%)

n

%

n

%

n

%

Prematurity/Low Birth weight(LBW)

41

(11.2)

64

(17.5)

59

(16.2)

29

(7.9)

Birth asphyxia

151

(41.4)

151

(41.4)

141

(38.6)

194

(53.2)

Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)

39

(10.7)

23

(6.3)

49

(13.4)

13

(3.6)

Pneumonia

35

(9.6)

22

(6.0)

26

(7.1)

13

(3.6)

Sepsis/Meningitis

29

(7.9)

57

(15.6)

33

(9.0)

72

(19.7)