Table 1.

Sociodemographic profile of amebic liver abscess patients (n = 90)

	n (%)
Gender
Male	86 (95.56)
Female	4 (4.44)
M:F ratio	21.5:1
Mean age in years	44.3
Socioeconomic class
Low class	60 (67.67)
Lower middle class	30 (32.33)
Education
Illiterate	67 (74.44)
Literate	23 (25.56)
Habitat
Rural	63 (70)
Urban	27 (30)
Ethnicity
Ethnic majority (Inhabitant)	71 (78.89)
Ethnic minority (Aborigine)	19 (21.11)
Habit of Alcohol consumption
Alcoholics	70 (77.78)
Non-alcoholics	20 (22.22)
Drug addiction
Addict	02 (2.22)
Non addict	88 (97.78)