The quality of medical death certification of cause of death in hospitals in rural Bangladesh: impact of introducing the International Form of Medical Certificate of Cause of Death

Table 2 Medical record quality by age and location (n = 4914 deaths)

Category	Rank	Quality (%)^a		Total Deaths (%)^b
Category	Rank	High	Low	Total Deaths (%)^b
Age	Adult	38.5	61.5	59.7
	Child	21.6	78.4	9.4
	Neonate	6.7	93.3	30.8
Location	Chandpur District Hospital	15.9	84.1	20.5
	Comilla Medical College Hospital	31.1	68.9	71.2
	Private Clinic/Hospital	31.2	68.8	2.9
	Upazila Health Complex	13.8	86.2	5.5

High Quality: GS1 (highest level of certainty), GS2A (high level of certainty), GS2B (high level of certainty)
Low Quality: GS3 (reasonable level of certainty), GS4 (unsupported)
^arows sum to 100%
^bcolumn sums to 100% within each category

ISSN: 1472-6963