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 3 Medical record quality age and cause of death

Age	Rank	Quality (%)^a
Age	Rank	High	Low	Number of deaths
Adult	Acute myocardial infarction	24.5	75.5	424
	COPD	20.9	79.1	153
	Other cardiovascular diseases	28.2	71.8	174
	Other digestive diseases	32.5	67.5	154
	Stroke	57.9	42.1	463
Child	Encephalitis	0.0	100	34
	Gastroenteritis and colitis	48.6	51.4	35
	Meningitis	0.0	100	28
	Pneumonia	21.8	78.2	147
	Sepsis	2.1	97.9	48
Neonate	Birth asphyxia	2.4	97.6	800
	Low birth weight	25.1	74.9	231
	Other neonatal diseases	8.8	91.3	80
	Other respiratory diseases	5.6	94.4	36
	Sepsis of newborn	0.6	99.4	316

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%

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