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 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.