Table 3

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 categoryCause-specific mortality fractions (%)OR (95% CI)
BewitchedNon-bewitched
Accident2.15.60.4 (0.2 to 0.8)*
Homicide/suicide1.75.00.3 (0.1 to 0.8)*
Infectious14.710.61.4 (0.9 to 2.1)
Infant0.30.50.5 (0.1 to 2.3)
Maternal1.40.53.0 (1.3 to 7.2)*
Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Pulmonary Tuberculosis47.946.11.1 (0.8 to 1.7)
Kidney1.62.11.2 (0.6 to 2.4)
Chronic liver disease3.75.40.9 (0.6 to 1.6)
Cardiovascular disease6.67.31.1 (0.7 to 1.7)
Respiratory2.82.51.5 (0.9 to 2.3)
Malignancy0.21.20.3 (0.1 to 1.2)
Other5.85.11.3 (0.8 to 2.0)
Indeterminate11.48.01.4 (0.8 to 2.4)
  • * Statistically significant associations.

  • HDSS, Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System.