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Table 3 Median CSMF accuracy for Tariff and PCVA with 95% UI, by age group with and without HCE information

From: Performance of the Tariff Method: validation of a simple additive algorithm for analysis of verbal autopsies

		Tariff		PCVA
		Median	95% UI	Median	95% UI
Adult	No HCE	0.695	(0.690, 0.699)	0.624	(0.619, 0.631)
	HCE	0.745	(0.739, 0.753)	0.675	(0.669, 0.680)
Child	No HCE	0.642	(0.635, 0.651)	0.632	(0.626, 0.642)
	HCE	0.709	(0.704, 0.715)	0.682	(0.671, 0.690)
Neonate	No HCE	0.663	(0.655, 0.671)	0.695	(0.682, 0.705)
	HCE	0.679	(0.670, 0.689)	0.733	(0.719, 0.743)

PCVA results for neonates are shown at a six-cause level, since analysis was not possible at the same 11-cause level as Tariff.

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