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Table 3 Comparisons between data of life events from target subjects’ self-reports and proxy data by six different psychological autopsy information reconstruction methods

From: How to integrate proxy data from two informants in life event assessment in psychological autopsy

Life events		Type^a	Target				P	Life event		Type^a	Target				P
Life events		Type^a		Pos^b	Neg^c	Total	P	Life event		Type^a		Pos	Neg	Total	P
Cat1	PD	1st	Pos	48	20	68	0.018	Cat2	PD	1 ^st	Pos	74	41	115	0.828
			Neg	39	309	348					Neg	44	257	301
			Total	87	329	416					Total	118	298	416
		2nd	Pos	40	20	60	0.001			2 ^nd	Pos	64	22	86	0.000
			Neg	47	309	356					Neg	54	276	330
			Total	87	329	416					Total	118	298	416
		C	Pos	54	36	90	0.810			C	Pos	86	59	145	0.006
			Neg	33	293	326					Neg	32	239	271
			Total	87	329	416					Total	118	298	416
		D	Pos	34	2	36	0.000			D	Pos	47	2	49	0.000
			Neg	53	327	380					Neg	71	296	367
			Total	87	329	416					Total	118	298	416
Cat3	PD	1 ^st	Pos	26	27	53	0.000	Cat4	PD	1 ^st	Pos	55	36	91	0.030
			Neg	73	290	363					Neg	58	267	325
			Total	99	317	416					Total	113	303	416
		2 ^nd	Pos	30	20	50	0.000			2 ^nd	Pos	50	19	69	0.000
			Neg	69	297	366					Neg	63	284	347
			Total	99	317	416					Total	113	303	416
		C	Pos	45	44	89	0.363			C	Pos	70	50	120	0.534
			Neg	54	273	327					Neg	43	253	296
			Total	99	317	416					Total	113	303	416
		D	Pos	11	2	13	0.000			D	Pos	31	4	35	0.000
			Neg	88	315	403					Neg	82	299	381
			Total	99	317	416					Total	113	303	416
Cat5	PD	1 ^st	Pos	7	12	19	0.000
			Neg	43	354	397
			Total	50	366	416
		2 ^nd	Pos	8	21	29	0.011
			Neg	42	345	387
			Total	50	366	416
		C	Pos	11	32	43	0.477
			Neg	39	334	373
			Total	50	366	416
		D	Pos	4	0	4	0.000
			Neg	46	366	412
			Total	50	366	416

1. ^a Type refers to six different psychological autopsy information reconstruction methods, including type 1st, 2nd, A, B, C and D. Type A and B gained the same results with type 1st and 2nd respectively in each category of life event, and their results were not repeatedly demonstrated
2. ^bPos refers to no. of positive cases, and ^cNeg refers to no. of negative cases
3. PD refers to proxy data gathered from informants
4. Cat1–5 refers to ‘marriage’, ‘family life’, ‘work and study’, ‘health’, ‘law issue and others’ related life events respectively

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