Table 2.
Source of water and comorbidity status of febrile patients visiting Arerti Primary Hospital, Ethiopia, 2022.
| Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source of water | Pipe line | 284 | 89.6 |
| Spring | 33 | 10.4 | |
| Traveling time to get water source in minutes | <5 | 169 | 53.3 |
| 5–10 | 63 | 19.9 | |
| 11–15 | 39 | 12.3 | |
| 16–20 | 8 | 2.5 | |
| 21–25 | 9 | 2.8 | |
| ≥26 | 15 | 4.7 | |
| Weight of respondents in kg | <50 | 7 | 2.2 |
| 50–65 | 169 | 53.3 | |
| 66–75 | 92 | 29.1 | |
| 76–85 | 40 | 12.6 | |
| ≥86 | 9 | 2.8 | |
| Presence of chronic diseases | Yes | 26 | 8.2 |
| No | 291 | 91.8 | |
| What type of chronic disease do you have? | Hypertension | 13 | 50.0 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 9 | 34.6 | |
| Others | 4 | 1.3 |