Table 2. Gender, type of residence, marital status, and age of snakebite victims who presented to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital during the study period.
Variable | Frequency
(n=127) |
---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 63 (49.6%) |
Female | 64 (50.4%) |
Type of residence | |
Rural | 94 (74.0%) |
Urban | 33 (26.0%) |
Marital status | |
Single | 31 (24.4%) |
Married | 48 (37.8%) |
Divorced | 1 (0.8%) |
Widowed | 3 (2.4%) |
Child | 35 (27.6%) |
Not captured | 9 (7.1%) |
Age (years) | |
0-12 | 31 (24.4%) |
13-24 | 43 (33.9%) |
25-36 | 25 (19.7%) |
37-48 | 13 (10.2%) |
49-60 | 9 (7.1%) |
61-72 | 4 (3.1%) |
73-84 | 2(1.6%) |