Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of presumptive TB cases from the three zones of the southern region of Ethiopia, 2012–2013
| Characteristics | Hadiya zone, Lemo district |
Gurage zone, Abeshege district |
Sidama zone, Shebedino district |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 289 | 357 | 314 | |
| Age | Mean (SD) | 32(14) | 35(13) | 37(12) |
| Age group | 15–24 yrs | 87(30.1%) | 75(21%) | 39(12.4%) |
| 25–34 yrs | 61(21.1%) | 44(12.3%) | 88(28%) | |
| 35–44 yrs | 57(19.7%) | 78(21.8%) | 56(17.8%) | |
| 45–54 yrs | 36(12.5%) | 76(21.3%) | 66(21%) | |
| 55 + yrs | 48(16.6%) | 84(23.5%) | 65(20.7%) | |
| Gender | Male | 153 (52.9%) | 191(53.5%) | 114(36.2%) |
| Female | 136 (47.1%) | 166(46.5%) | 201(63.8%) | |
| Occupation | Farmer | 118 (40.8%) | 270(75.6%) | 98(31.3%) |
| Student | 79 (27.3%) | 45(12.6%) | 86(27.5%) | |
| House wife | 66 (22.8%) | 29(8.1%) | 119(37.3%) | |
| Others | 26 (9.1%) | 13(2.7%) | 12(3.9%) | |
| Marital status | Single | 95(32.9%) | 75(21%) | 105(33.5%) |
| Married | 187(64.7%) | 239(66.5%) | 186(59%) | |
| Divorce | 2(0.7%) | 10(2.8%) | 3(1%) | |
| Widowed | 5(1.7%) | 33(9.2%) | 20(6.5%) | |
| Educational status | No schooling | 142 (49.1%) | 120(33.6%) | 199(63%) |
| Schooling | 147 (50.9%) | 237(66.4%) | 116(37.7%) |