Table 1.
Keywords identified and used in the open response narrative section.
Fig 1.
Diagram showing the number of observations used in the analysis by site.
In the first step data from the closed and open sections are linked. The data from Sri Lanka did not have a unique identifier and was matched on interview date, birth date and death date.
Table 2.
Median and interquartile range of the duration in minutes of the closed- and open-ended sections by site, module and injury endorsement.
Fig 2.
Box plot of length of time needed to complete different verbal autopsy modules.
Fig 3.
The proportion of the total endorsed symptoms which come from words mentioned in the open narrative section.
Fig 4.
The number of endorsed (i.e. answered “Yes”) closed-ended questions versus the duration of the closed-ended section in all ages.
Fig 5.
Number of closed-ended question skipped versus the duration of the closed-ended section for adults stratified by whether the death was due to an injury.