Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of patients who had a stroke hospitalised at Felege Hiwot comprehensive specialised hospital, northwest Ethiopia
| Variables | Categories | Frequency (%) | |||
| Ischaemic stroke | Haemorrhagic stroke | Undetermined | Total | ||
| Sex | Male | 217 (55.4) | 89 (47.3) | 11 (64.7) | 317 (53.1) |
| Female | 175 (44.6) | 99 (52.7) | 6 (35.3) | 280 (46.9) | |
| Age | <40 | 20 (5.1) | 27 (14.4) | 2 (11.8) | 49 (8.2) |
| 41–55 | 100 (25.5) | 44 (23.4) | 2 (11.8) | 146 (24.5) | |
| 56–70 | 168 (42.9) | 81 (43.1) | 3 (17.6) | 252 (42.2) | |
| >70 | 104 (26.5) | 36 (19.1) | 10 (58.8) | 150 (25.1) | |
| Occupation | Farmer | 150 (38.3) | 67 (35.6) | 8 (47.1) | 225 (37.7) |
| Employed | 76 (19.4) | 35 (18.6) | 2 (11.8) | 113 (18.9) | |
| Unemployed | 34 (8.7) | 20 (10.6) | 1 (5.9) | 55 (9.2) | |
| Housewife | 85 (21.7) | 58 (30.9) | 4 (23.5) | 147 (24.6) | |
| Retired | 47 (12) | 8 (4.3) | 2 (11.8) | 57 (9.5) | |
| Educational status | Cannot read and write | 93 (23.7) | 53 (28.2) | 6 (35.3) | 152 (25.5) |
| Primary | 70 (17.9) | 44 (23.4) | 3 (17.6) | 117 (19.6) | |
| Secondary | 92 (23.5) | 42 (22.3) | 3 (17.6) | 137 (22.9) | |
| Higher education | 137 (34.9) | 49 (26.1) | 5 (29.4) | 191 (32.0) | |
| Residence | Urban | 206 (52.6) | 65 (34.6) | 7 (41.2) | 278 (46.6) |
| Rural | 186 (7.4) | 123 (5.4) | 10 (58.8) | 319 (53.4) | |