Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy validation study: design, implementation, and development of analysis datasets

Table 1 The age and sex distribution of the decedents represented in the verbal autopsy sample and the national life expectancy for the country according to the 2010 United Nations numbers

Site	National life expectancy	Decedents sampled
		% Male	% Female	% Under age 5	% Ages 5 - 59	% Ages 60+
Andhra Pradesh, India	64.2	59	41	28	55	17
Bohol, Philippines	67.8	56	44	31	38	31
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	55.4	48	52	44	41	15
Federal District and Morelos, Mexico	76.2	53	46	21	46	34
Pemba Island, Tanzania	55.4	52	48	60	31	10
Uttar Pradesh, India	64.2	58	42	24	58	18

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