Fig. 1

Flow diagram for the 9529 deaths in 117 mainly rural villages randomly allocated to either physician or computer COD assignment of verbal autopsies and analytic design. ^ϮThe following deaths were excluded for the physician and automated assignment arms, respectively: 9 and 5 refused consent after the randomization 83 and 39 were unable to provide consent (as the respondent was determined to be < 18 years), and 7 and 8 were test records from field training by surveyors. As well, 4 stillborn deaths were excluded in the physician assignment arm