Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of surgical patients in the referral hospitals
Variables | Response | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (in Years) | 18–39 | 168 | 47.6 |
40–49 | 88 | 24.9 | |
50–59 | 44 | 12.5 | |
> 60 | 53 | 15 | |
Sex | Male | 182 | 51.6 |
Female | 171 | 48.4 | |
Educational status | Not attended formal education | 188 | 53.3 |
Primary education (1–8) | 74 | 21 | |
Secondary education (9–12) | 49 | 13.9 | |
College and above | 42 | 11.9 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 307 | 87 |
Muslim | 26 | 7.4 | |
Protestant | 17 | 4.8 | |
Catholic | 3 | 0.8 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 322 | 91.2 |
Oromo | 18 | 5.1 | |
Tigre | 13 | 3.7 | |
Residence | Urban | 208 | 59 |
Rural | 145 | 41 | |
Income (in ETB) | < 1000 | 121 | 34.3 |
1001–2500 | 96 | 27.2 | |
2501–3999 | 56 | 15.9 | |
> 4000 | 80 | 22.7 | |
Family size | < 3 | 91 | 25.8 |
4–6 | 184 | 52.1 | |
> 6 | 78 | 22.1 |