Table 1.
Descriptive statistics on sociodemographic characteristics and outcomes of patients visiting surgical emergency department of Dilla university referral hospital from January 2015 to June 2019
| Variable | Category | Outcome | Number (%) | |
| Improved | Died | |||
| Age | <20 | 145 | 6 | 151(40.2) |
| 20–40 | 183 | 13 | 196(52.1) | |
| >40 | 25 | 4 | 29(7.7) | |
| Gender | Male | 255 | 12 | 267(71) |
| Female | 98 | 11 | 109(29) | |
| Place of residence | Urban | 144 | 7 | 151(40.2) |
| Rural | 209 | 16 | 225(59.8) | |
| Educational status | Illiterate | 66 | 10 | 76(20.2) |
| Read and write | 118 | 5 | 123(32.7) | |
| Primary school | 69 | 4 | 73(19.4) | |
| Secondary school | 90 | 4 | 94(25) | |
| College and above | 10 | 0 | 10(2.7) | |
| Marital status | Single | 223 | 13 | 236(62.8) |
| Married | 125 | 10 | 135(35.9) | |
| Widowed | 4 | 0 | 4(1.1) | |
| Divorced | 1 | 0 | 1(0.3) | |
| Occupation | Student | 155 | 6 | 161(42.8) |
| Civil servant | 10 | 1 | 11(2.9) | |
| Driver | 34 | 1 | 35(9.3) | |
| Farmer | 75 | 8 | 83(22.1) | |
| Unemployed | 73 | 7 | 80(21.3) | |
| Others | 6 | 0 | 6(1.6) | |
| Income | Low | 264 | 16 | 280(74.4) |
| Medium | 87 | 3 | 90(24) | |
| High | 2 | 4 | 6(1.6) | |
| Living condition | Home | 351 | 22 | 373(99.2) |
| Street | 2 | 1 | 3(0.8) |