Distribution of verbal autopsy-derived causes and ORs in relation to reported ‘bewitchment’, adjusted for all other causes shown, age and sex, for deaths in Agincourt HDSS, 1992–2006
| Cause category | Cause-specific mortality fractions (%) | OR (95% CI) | |
| Bewitched | Non-bewitched | ||
| Accident | 2.1 | 5.6 | 0.4 (0.2 to 0.8)* |
| Homicide/suicide | 1.7 | 5.0 | 0.3 (0.1 to 0.8)* |
| Infectious | 14.7 | 10.6 | 1.4 (0.9 to 2.1) |
| Infant | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 (0.1 to 2.3) |
| Maternal | 1.4 | 0.5 | 3.0 (1.3 to 7.2)* |
| Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 47.9 | 46.1 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.7) |
| Kidney | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.2 (0.6 to 2.4) |
| Chronic liver disease | 3.7 | 5.4 | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.6) |
| Cardiovascular disease | 6.6 | 7.3 | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.7) |
| Respiratory | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.5 (0.9 to 2.3) |
| Malignancy | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 (0.1 to 1.2) |
| Other | 5.8 | 5.1 | 1.3 (0.8 to 2.0) |
| Indeterminate | 11.4 | 8.0 | 1.4 (0.8 to 2.4) |
↵* Statistically significant associations.
HDSS, Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System.