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Table 4 Agreement between physician and InterVA cause of death allocation by age group

From: Verbal autopsy-based cause-specific mortality trends in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2000-2009

Age Group

Agreement

Kappa

(95% confidence interval)

p

0-4

61%

0.43 (0.40-0.46)

< 0.0001

5-14

76%

0.68 (0.63-0.74)

< 0.0001

15-49

86%

0.71 (0.70-0.72)

< 0.0001

50-64

77%

0.68 (0.65-0.70)

< 0.0001

65+

68%

0.50 (0.48-0.53)

< 0.0001

Overall

79%

0.68 (0.67-0.69)

< 0.0001