Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics and classification of study participants by chronic diseases conditions in the public hospitals of the three Wallaga zones, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia 2020 (n=605)
| Characteristics (n=605) | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | |
| Sex | Male | 302 | 49.9 |
| Female | 303 | 50.1 | |
| Residence place | Urban | 352 | 58.2 |
| Rural | 253 | 41.8 | |
| Marital status | Single | 130 | 21.5 |
| Married | 421 | 69.6 | |
| Separated | 7 | 1.2 | |
| Divorced | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Widowed | 45 | 7.4 | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 165 | 27.3 |
| Muslim | 59 | 9.8 | |
| Protestant | 373 | 61.7 | |
| Others | 8 | 1.3 | |
| Ethnic group | Oromo | 552 | 91.2 |
| Amhara | 48 | 7.9 | |
| Gurage | 4 | 0.7 | |
| Tigre | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Educational status | Illiterate | 137 | 22.6 |
| Read and write | 102 | 16.9 | |
| Grades 1–8 | 99 | 16.4 | |
| Grades 9–8 | 151 | 25.0 | |
| Diploma and above | 116 | 19.2 | |
| Employment status | Government employee | 93 | 15.4 |
| NGO* employee | 89 | 14.7 | |
| Merchant | 100 | 16.5 | |
| Housewife | 114 | 18.8 | |
| Farmer | 107 | 17.7 | |
| Others† | 102 | 16.9 | |
| Types of chronic diseases | Hypertension | 214 | 35.4 |
| Diabetic mellitus | 173 | 28.6 | |
| Heart failure | 62 | 10.2 | |
| Mental disease | 51 | 8.4 | |
| HIV/AIDS | 50 | 8.3 | |
| Asthma | 29 | 4.8 | |
| Epilepsy | 18 | 3.0 | |
| Stroke | 3 | 0.5 | |
*NGO=non-governmental organisation.
†Daily labourer, students.