An option for measuring maternal mortality in developing countries: a survey using community informants

Table 1 The probability of the Kader and RT networks in capturing deaths

	Calculation	Result
In area with kaders and RTs meeting
Number of cases captured by RT	-	103
Number of cases captured by Kaders	-	86
Number of match cases (captured by both)	-	73
Total death cases captured by the two networks	-	116
Simple estimate of total number of PRDs	86 × 103/73	121
Simple estimate of probability of kaders capturing cases	73/121	0.71
Simple estimate of probability of RTs capturing cases	103/121	0.85
Number of cases missed by the networks	121-116	5
In area with kaders only meetings
Number of cases captured by Kaders	-	353
Estimate number of PRDs	353/0.71	498
In the whole area
Mean estimated number of PRDs (with 95% CI) - allowing for uncertainty in the simple estimates above.		627 (560 to 711)

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