Table 1.

Socio-Demographic Characteristics Of Type 2 Diabetes Patients At NRH, 2018

Variables	Categories	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Sex	Male	118	51.8
Female	110	48.2
Age	<21 years	9	3.9
	21–40 years	80	35.1
	41–60 years	105	46.1
>60 years	34	14.9
Religion	Protestant	111	48.7
	Orthodox	76	33.3
	Muslim	38	16.7
Others	3	1.3
Marital status	Married	159	69.7
	Single	17	7.5
	Divorced	17	7.5
Widowed	35	15.4
Ethnicity	Oromo	192	84.2
	Amhara	23	10.1
Gurage	13	5.7
Educational level	Unable to read and write/illiterate	63	27.6
	Informal education (able to read and write)	51	22.4
	Primary level	46	20.2
	Secondary level	37	20.2
College/university	31	13.6
Occupation	Unemployed	66	28.9
	Employed	36	15.8
	Farmer	73	32
	Daily labor	46	20.2
Merchant	7	3.1
Income (Ethiopian birr)	<500 birr	137	60.1
	501–1000 birr	49	21.5
	1001–1500 birr	7	3.1
	1501–2000 birr	5	2.2
	2001–2500 birr	3	1.3
>2500 birr	27	11.8