Table 1.

The Clinical profiles of tetanus patients by outcome status at Jimma University Teaching Hospital from July 1996 to August 2009

	Total(n=171)	Dead(n=65)	OR(95%CI)
Sex
Male	129	49	1.0
Female	42	16	1.0(0.5–2.0)
Age in years
< 40	109	42	1.0
≥40	34	11	0.8(0.3–1.7)
Admitted to(after establishment of ICU)
ICU	36	15	1.0
Wards	7	2	0.6(0.1–3)
Tracheostomy
No	153	62	1.0
Yes	18	3	0.3(0.08–1.05)
Mechanical ventilation
No	152	58	1.0
Yes	19	7	0.9(0.36–2.5)
Dysautonomia
No	155	57	1.0
Yes	16	8	1.7(0.6–4.8)
Aspiration pneumonia
No	152	59	1.0
Yes	19	6	0.7(0.3–2)

ICU= Intensive Care unit