Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Factors associated with the safety of voluntary medical male circumcision in Nyanza province, Kenya

Amy Herman-Roloff, Robert C Bailey & Kawango Agot

Volume 90, Number 10, October 2012, 773-781

Table 2. Agreement in adverse event detection between clinic surveillance system and active surveillance system, Nyanza province, Kenya, 2008–2010

Clinic system Active system
Total
Adverse event reported Adverse event not reported
Adverse event reported 12 16 28
Adverse event not reported 56 593 649
Total 68 609 677a

a Per cent agreement between systems = 89.4 (605 ÷ 677 = 0.8936); κ statistic = 0.20 (95% confidence interval: 0.09–0.32); McNemar's Χ2 for dependent proportions = 21.13; P < 0.001.