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Verbal autopsy is an important method for deriving cause\u2010specific mortality estimates where disease burdens are greatest and routine cause\u2010specific mortality data do not exist.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods\u2002<\/jats:bold> Verbal autopsies and medical records (MR) were collected for 3123 deaths in the perinatal\/neonatal period, post\u2010neonatal &lt;5 age group, and for ages of 5\u2003years and over in Tanzania. Causes of death were assigned by physician panels using the International Classification of Disease, revision 10. Validity was measured by: cause\u2010specific mortality fractions (CSMF); sensitivity; specificity and positive predictive value. Medical record diagnoses were scored for degree of uncertainty, and sensitivity and specificity adjusted. Criteria for evaluating VA performance in generating true proportional mortality were applied.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results\u2002<\/jats:bold> Verbal autopsy produced accurate CSMFs for nine causes in different age groups: birth asphyxia; intrauterine complications; pneumonia; HIV\/AIDS; malaria (adults); tuberculosis; cerebrovascular diseases; injuries and direct maternal causes. Results for 20 other causes approached the threshold for good performance.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions\u2002<\/jats:bold> Verbal autopsy reliably estimated CSMFs for diseases of public health importance in all age groups. 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