Table 1. Characteristics of deaths a in late adolescents and young adults aged 15 to 24 years, documented through verbal autopsy.
| Variable | Nb | Value | Female (%) | Male (%) | Total (%) | RRfem (95% CI) | χ2 | p value |
| Age | 967 | 15–19y | 161 (24.7) | 132 (41.8) | 293 (30.3) | 0.59 (0.49–0.71) | 29.25 | <0.001 |
| 20–24y | 490 (75.3) | 184 (58.2) | 674 (69.7) | |||||
| Area | 967 | Asembo | 272 (41.8) | 125 (39.6) | 397 (41.1) | 1.06 (0.90–1.24) | 0.44 | 0.509 |
| Gem | 379 (58.2) | 190 (60.4) | 570 (58.9) | |||||
| SESc | 909 | MCAc1–2 | 241 (39.3) | 93 (31.4) | 334 (36.7) | 1.25 (1.03–1.52) | 5.35 | 0.021 |
| MCAc3–5 | 372 (60.7) | 203 (68.6) | 575 (63.6) | |||||
| Ever Married | 814 | Yes | 330 (60.8) | 61 (22.5) | 391 (48.0) | 2.70 (2.14–3.40) | 106.4 | <0.001 |
| No | 213 (39.2) | 210 (77.5) | 423 (52.0) | |||||
| Divorcedd | 346 | Yes | 74 (25.8) | 19 (32.2) | 93 (26.9) | 0.80 (0.53–1.22) | 1.03 | 0.311 |
| No | 213 (74.2) | 40 (67.8) | 253 (73.1) | |||||
| Widowed | 391 | Yes | 43 (13.0) | 2 (3.3) | 45 (11.5) | 3.97 (0.99–16.0) | 4.81 | 0.028 |
| No | 287 (87.0) | 59 (96.7) | 346 (88.5) | |||||
| Primary School | 642 | Attend yes | 381 (90.9) | 203 (91.0) | 584 (91.0) | 0.99 (0.95–1.05) | 0.00 | 0.966 |
| Attend no | 38 (9.1) | 20 (9.0) | 58 (9.0) | |||||
| Secondary School | 788 | Attend yes | 65 (12.4) | 38 (14.3) | 103 (13.1) | 0.87 (0.60–1.26) | 0.57 | 0.452 |
| Attend no | 458 (87.6) | 227 (85.7) | 685 (86.9) | |||||
| Place Died | 818 | Home | 406 (74.4) | 189 (69.5) | 595 (72.7) | 1.07 (0.98–1.17) | 2.18 | 0.140 |
| +HHFe | 140 (25.6) | 83 (30.5) | 223 (27.3) |
NOTE. RRfem, Relative risk for females compared with males; CI, confidence interval; χ2, chi-squared.
a
All-cause mortality, includes persons who died with no cause of death allocated (undetermined).
b
Numbers vary due to missing data (for example, a relative’s non-response), or within categories such as divorced or widowed among those reportedly ever married.
c
Socio-economic status (SES) defined through Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) wealth quintiles 1 = poorest 5 = least poor, ranking then collapsed into 1–2 (most poor), 3–5 (less poor).
d
Divorced or separated from partner at time of death, denominator restricted to those reportedly ever married.
e
+HHF represents place of death in hospital, health facility, or to/from HHF.