Measuring causes of death in populations: a new metric that corrects cause-specific mortality fractions for chance
Conclusions:
CCCSMF Accuracy should be used instead of CSMF Accuracy when assessing VA estimation methods because it provides a more easily interpreted measure of the quality of population-level estimates.
Source: Population Health Metrics - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Abraham FlaxmanPeter SerinaBernardo HernandezChristopher MurrayIan RileyAlan Lopez Source Type: research