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Table 1 Quality scoring of 108 mortality surveys and 100 nutrition surveys by organization (for organizations having conducted more than one survey), Darfur, Sudan, June 2004 - December 2008

From: An algorithm to assess methodological quality of nutrition and mortality cross-sectional surveys: development and application to surveys conducted in Darfur, Sudan

Organizations

Total number of survey results

Mortality (Nutrition)

Number of survey results with critical flaws

Mortality (Nutrition)

Surveys without critical flaws

All surveys

   

Score mortality

Median (range)

Score nutrition

Median (range)

Score mortality

Median (range)

Score nutrition

Median (range)

A

35 (36)

1 (1)

0.60 (0.38-0.83)

0.70 (0.63-0.86)

0.60 (0.38-0.83)

0.70 (0.53-0.86)

B

13 (13)

0 (0)

0.80 (0.79-0.93)

0.75 (0.74-0.84)

0.80 (0.79-0.93)

0.75 (0.74-0.84)

C

6 (6)

0 (0)

0.57 (0.49-0.68)

0.65 (0.57-0.77)

0.57 (0.49-0.68)

0.65 (0.57-0.77)

D

7 (7)

0 (0)

0.60 (0.41-0.63)

0.64 (0.60-0.70)

0.60 (0.41-0.63)

0.64 (0.60-0.70)

E

4 (4)

0 (0)

0.54 (0.42-0.61)

0.64 (0.61-0.67)

0.54 (0.45-0.61)

0.65 (0.61-0.67)

F

2 (2)

0 (0)

0.66 (0.66-0.66)

0.69 (0.65-0.73)

0.66 (0.66-0.66)

0.69 (0.65-0.73)

G

3 (3)

1 (1)

0.66 (0.62-0.70)

0.77 (0.75-0.79)

0.62 (0.16-0.70)

0.75 (0.23-0.79)

H

13 (13)

7 (7)

0.64 (0.46-0.84)

0.66 (0.56-0.80)

0.38 (0.24-0.84)

0.38 (0.31-0.80)

I

5 (8)

2 (2)

0.62 (0.56-0.70)

0.66 (0.50-0.78)

0.57 (0.12-0.70)

0.61 (0.23-0.78)

J

0 (2)

0 (1)

-

-

-

0.58 (0.55-0.61)

K

14(0)

14 (0)

-

-

0.64 (0.51-0.64)

-