Table 1.
Socio-Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of CAP Patients Admitted to AURH from January to April 2019
| Baseline Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| < 65 | 162 (74.7) |
| ≥65 | 55 (25.3) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 97 (44.7) |
| Female | 120 (55.3) |
| Occupation | |
| Farmer | 75 (34.6) |
| Student | 28 (24.4) |
| Civil Servant | 23 (22.1) |
| Private employee | 16 (18.9) |
| Marital status | |
| Divorced | 13 (6) |
| Married | 155 (71.4) |
| Single | 49 (22.6) |
| Mental status | |
| Confused | 18 (8.3) |
| Oriented | 199 (91.7) |
| Respiratory rate, breaths/min | |
| ≤30 | 123 (56.7) |
| >30 | 94 (43.3) |
| Partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) | |
| < 90% | 59 |
| ≥90% | 82 |
| Arterial blood pressure (mm Hg) | |
| <90/60 | 37 (17.1) |
| ≥90/60 | 180 (82.9) |
| Department | |
| Outpatient treatment | 74 (34.1) |
| Inpatient treatment | 143 (65.9) |
| Severity assessment | |
| Mild pneumonia | 76 (35.0) |
| Severe pneumonia | 141 (65.0) |
| Antibiotics history | |
| Not Taken within three months | 87 (40.1) |
| Taken within three months | 130 (60) |