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Table 4 Median CSMF accuracy across 500 Dirichlet draws, by age group and number of cause assignments (95% UI)

From: Performance of InterVA for assigning causes of death to verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards

Age

Module

One cause

Two causes

Three causes

Adult

Free text

0.549 (0.542, 0.557)

0.555 (0.548, 0.563)

0.556 (0.548, 0.564)

 

No free text

0.546 (0.539, 0.553)

0.554 (0.548, 0.560)

0.555 (0.549, 0.561)

Child

Free text

0.520 (0.513, 0.528)

0.503 (0.495, 0.511)

0.503 (0.496, 0.512)

 

No free text

0.504 (0.496, 0.514)

0.487 (0.480, 0.494)

0.487 (0.482, 0.496)

Neonate

Free text

0.405 (0.392, 0.420)

0.409 (0.397, 0.425)

N/A

 

No free text

0.404 (0.388, 0.419)

0.407 (0.393, 0.423)

N/A