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Table 5 Results of redistribution of X59 deaths to specific external cause groups

From: Injury death certificates without specification of the circumstances leading to the fatal injury – the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry 2005–2014

 

Before redistribution

Number redistributed (mean [SD])

% of X59

After redistribution

Change %

Sensitivity (mean [SD])

Specificity (mean [SD])

Total

18,523

6440

100.0

24,963

   

Road traffic accidents

2211

24.2 (1.10)

0.4

2235.2

1.1

0.60 (0.01)

0.96 (< 0.01)

Accidental falls

4218

6271.9 (2.26)

97.4

10,489.9

148.7

0.85 (0.01)

0.96 (< 0.01)

Accidental poisonings

3329

3.0 (0.00)

0.0

3332.0

0.1

0.69 (0.01)

0.99 (< 0.01)

Other accidents and events of undetermined intent

2930

27.6 (0.50)

0.4

2957.6

0.9

0.73 (0.02)

0.91 (< 0.01)

Suicide

5412

107.8 (2.34)

1.7

5519.8

2.0

0.67 (0.01)

0.84 (< 0.01)

Homicide

423

5.6 (1.17)

0.1

428.6

1.3

0.41 (0.06)

0.98 (< 0.01)

  1. Data from the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry 2005–2014
  2. Based on 1000 repetitions of multinomial logistic regression. Overall accuracy 0.71 (0.01), kappa 0.64 (0.01) (mean [SD])