Table 1.
socio-demographic distribution of mental illness patients at JUSH psychiatry department, Ethiopia, 2010
| Variable | Not delayed (total = 134) |
Delayed (total = 250) |
Total (%) (N = 384) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 88(22.9) | 150(39.1) | 238 (62.0) |
| Female | 46(12.0) | 100(26.0) | 146 (38.0) |
| Age | |||
| < 21 | 53(13.8) | 58(15.1) | 111 (28.9) |
| 21-30 | 56(14.6) | 107(27.9) | 163 (42.4) |
| 31-40 | 15(3.9) | 48(12.5) | 63 (16.4) |
| 41-50 | 6(1.6) | 18(4.7) | 24 (6.2) |
| 51-60 | 1(0.3) | 12(3.1) | 13 (3.4) |
| > 60 | 3(0.8) | 7(1.8) | 10 (2.6) |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 88(22.9) | 127(33.1) | 215 (56.0) |
| Married live together | 38(9.9) | 88(22.9) | 126 (32.8) |
| Married not live together | 3(0.8) | 7(1.8) | 10 (2.6) |
| Divorced | 3(0.8) | 20(5.2) | 23 (6.0) |
| Widowed | 2(0.5) | 8(2.1) | 10 (2.6) |
| Educational status | |||
| Attended formal education | 107(27.9) | 178(46.4) | 285 (74.2) |
| Cannot read and write | 24(6.2) | 58(15.1) | 82 (21.4) |
| Read and write only | 3(0.8) | 14(3.6) | 17 (4.4) |
| Religion | |||
| Muslim | 85(22.1) | 161(41.9) | 246 (64.1) |
| Orthodox | 29(7.6) | 55(14.3) | 84 (21.9) |
| Protestant | 20(5.2) | 33(8.6) | 53 (13.8) |
| Others* | 0(0.0) | 1(0.3) | 1 (0.3) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Oromo | 91(23.7) | 165(43.0) | 256 (66.7) |
| Amhara | 13(3.4) | 39(10.2) | 52 (13.5) |
| Dawro | 9(2.3) | 8(2.1) | 17 (4.4) |
| Keffa | 7(1.8) | 8(2.1) | 15 (3.9) |
| Yem | 3(0.8) | 6(1.6) | 9 (2.3) |
| Others** | 11(2.9) | 24(6.2) | 35 (9.1) |
| Occupation | |||
| Student | 48(12.5) | 52(13.5) | 100 (26.0) |
| Farmer | 27(7.0) | 66(17.2) | 93 (24.2) |
| House wife | 17(4.4) | 41(10.7) | 58 (15.1) |
| Government employee | 17(4.4) | 28(7.3) | 45 (11.7) |
| Merchant | 8(2.1) | 21(5.5) | 29 (7.6) |
| Daily laborer | 4(1.0) | 8(2.1) | 12 (3.1) |
| Others*** | 13(3.4) | 34(8.9) | 47 (12.2) |
| Place of origin | |||
| In Jimma zone | 119(31.0) | 219(57.0) | 338 (88.0) |
| Outside of Jimma zone | 15(3.9) | 31(8.1) | 46 (12.0) |
| Type of residency | |||
| Rural | 65(16.9) | 115(29.9) | 204 (53.1) |
| Urban | 69(18.0) | 135(35.2) | 180 (46.9) |
*Catholic, traditional religions **Siltie, Gurage, Tigre, Wolayta, Hadya
*** Taxi driver, pension, and religious leader