Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of patients in Debre Berhan Referral Hospital in June 2015.
| Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percentage |
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| Sex | Male | 172 | 46.74 |
| Female | 196 | 53.26 | |
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| Age | <30 | 114 | 30.98 |
| 30–39 | 112 | 30.43 | |
| 40–49 | 77 | 20.92 | |
| >50 | 65 | 17.67 | |
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| Ethnicity | Amhara | 274 | 74.45 |
| Tigray | 24 | 6.53 | |
| Oromia | 66 | 17.93 | |
| Other | 4 | 1.09 | |
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| Religion | Orthodox | 271 | 73.64 |
| Muslim | 63 | 17.12 | |
| Catholic | 6 | 1.63 | |
| Protestant | 28 | 7.61 | |
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| Marital status | Married | 258 | 70.10 |
| Single | 72 | 19.56 | |
| Divorced | 16 | 4.35 | |
| Widowed | 22 | 5.99 | |
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| Educational status | Illiterate | 100 | 27.17 |
| Can read and write | 76 | 20.65 | |
| Grade 1 to grade 8 | 63 | 17.12 | |
| Grade 9 to grade 12 | 54 | 14.67 | |
| Diploma and above | 75 | 20.65 | |
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| Occupational status | Government employed | 76 | 20.65 |
| Self-employed | 90 | 24.45 | |
| Merchant | 42 | 11.41 | |
| Housewife | 87 | 23.64 | |
| Others | 73 | 19.84 | |
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| Monthly income status | ≤650 | 189 | 51.36 |
| 651–1400 | 75 | 20.38 | |
| ≥1401 | 104 | 28.26 | |