Table 2 Agreement among Maternal Death Review (MDR) committees in classification into the type of maternal death
Type of maternal death n = 73 (100%) | MDR committees | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Suriname n (%) | Jamaica n (%) | The Netherlands n (%) | |
Direct | 41 (56) | 41 (56) | 36 (49) |
Indirect | 21 (29) | 24 (33) | 19 (26) |
Unspecified | 3 (4) | 5 (7) | 14 (19) |
Not Maternal | 8 (11) | 3 (4) | 4 (6) |
Kappa = 0.53 (95% CI 0.44—0.62); p < 0.001 | |||
| Â | Surinamese MDR committee | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Type of maternal death n = 73 | Direct | Indirect | Unspecified | Not Maternal | Total Jamaica |
| Â | Direct | 36 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 41 |
| Â | Indirect | 4 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
Jamaican MDR committee | Unspecified | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Â | Not Maternal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Â | Total Suriname | 41 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 73 |
Kappa = 0.69 (95% CI 0.53 - 0.86); p < 0.001 | ||||||
|  | Type of maternal death n = 73 | Direct | Indirect | Unspecified | Not Maternal | Total Netherlands |
| Â | Direct | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 36 |
| Â | Indirect | 3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
The Netherlands MDR committee | Unspecified | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Â | Not Maternal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Â | Total Suriname | 41 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 73 |
Kappa = 0.48 (98% CI 0.32 - 0.63); p < 0.001 | ||||||