Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of patients that had emergency surgical procedures

Variable	Male No (%)	Female No (%)	Total
Age-group(yrs)
0–9	30(75.0)	10(25.0)	40 (20.6)
10–19	10(66.7)	5(33.3)	15(7.7)
20–29	32(80.0)	8(20.0)	40(20.6)
30–39	27(79.4)	7(20.6)	34(17.5)
40–49	23(82.1)	5(17.9)	28(14.4)
50–59	9(90.0)	1(10.0)	10(5.2)
≥60	14(51.9)	13(48.1)	27(13.9)
Occupation
Schooling	55 (77.5)	16(22.5)	71(36.6)
Civil servant	34 (75.6)	11(24.4)	45 (23.2)
Artisan	25(83.3)	5(16.7)	30(15.5)
Farming	18(81.8)	4(18.2)	22(11.3)
Trading	11 (52.4)	10(47.6)	21(10.8)
Dependant	2 (40.0)	3(60.0)	5(11.3)