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Table 5 Khat use among deceased adults in relation to causes of death (N = 3709), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2006-2009

From: Association of socioeconomic and behavioral factors with adult mortality: analysis of data from verbal autopsy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Cause of death

Number

Frequent khatuse

Occasional khatuse

No khatuse **

 

n

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

I. Communicable diseases

1566

93 (6)*

46 (3)

1427 (91)

   HIV/AIDS

707

60 (9)*

29 (4)

618 (87)

   Tuberculosis

460

30 (7)*

13 (3)

417 (91)

   Respiratory infections

102

2 (2)

-

100 (98)

   Diarrheal disease

115

4 (4)

3 (3)

108 (94)

   Meningitis

47

1 (2)

1 (2)

45 (96)

II. Non Communicable disease

1915

64 (3)*

37(2)

1814 (95)

  A. Malignant neoplasm

386

7 (2)*

9 (2)

370 (96)

   Stomach cancer

73

2 (3)

1 (1)

70 (96)

   Breast cancer

43

-

1 (2)

42 (98)

   Uterine cancer

47

-

1 (2)

46 (98)

   Liver cancer

37

-

-

37 (100)

   Cancer of cervix

19

-

-

19 (100)

   Colon and rectal cancer

27

1 (4)

-

26 (96)

   Other neoplasm

145

3 (2)

4 (3)

138 (95)

  B. Diabetes mellitus

183

6 (3)

3 (2)

174 (95)

  C. Neuropsychiatry

76

4 (5)

3 (4)

69 (91)

  D. Cardiovascular diseases

885

25 (3)*

13 (2)

847 (96)

   Hypertensive heart disease

426

9 (2)*

5 (1)

412 (97)

   Cerebrovascular disease

404

12 (3)

8 (2)

384 (95)

   Congestive heart failure

239

9 (4)

2 (1)

228 (95)

   Myocardial infarction

84

5 (6)

1 (1)

78 (93)

  E. Respiratory diseases

93

1 (1)

1 (1)

91 (98)

   Asthma

73

1 (1)

1 (1)

71 (97)

  F. Digestive diseases

328

20 (6)

8 (2)

300 (92)

   Chronic liver disease

165

13 (8)

4 (2)

148 (90)

   Peptic ulcer disease

31

-

2 (7)

29 (94)

  G. Genitourinary disease

137

6 (4)

3 (2)

128 (93)

   Chronic renal failure

112

5 (5)

2 (2)

105 (94)

III. Injuries

233

13 (6)*

15 (6)

205 (88)

  A. Unintentional

102

2 (2)

6 (6)

94 (92)

   Road traffic accidents

83

1 (1)

5 (6)

77 (93)

  B. Intentional (Suicide…)

79

8 (10)*

7 (9)

64 (81)

   Poisoning

28

2 (7)*

3 (11)

23 (82)

   Undetermined

254

2 (1)*

4 (2)

248 (98)

  1. Note: * P < 0.03. P value obtained by comparison of frequent khat use, occasional khat use and non khat use by chi- squared trend test.
  2. **No khat use is a reference category.