Table 1.
Distribution of socio-demographic characteristics of cases and controls attending in Debre Markos referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia 2019
| Variables | Response Category |
Birth asphyxia | |
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| Yes (cases) | No (controls) | ||
| Residency | Urban | 40 (32.3) | 187 (75.4) |
| Rural | 84 (67.7) | 61 (24.6) | |
| Age | ≤ 18 | 20 (16.1) | 43 (17.3) |
| 19–34 | 89 (71.8) | 123 (49.6) | |
| ≥ 35 | 15 (12.1) | 82 (33.1) | |
| Marital status | Married | 105 (84.7) | 195 (78.6) |
| Unmarried | 19 (15.3) | 53 (21.4) | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 110 (88.7) | 223 (89.9) |
| Muslim | 12 (9.7) | 22 (8.9) | |
| Protestant | 2 (1.6) | 3 (1.2) | |
| Ethnicity | Amhara | 120 (96.8) | 242 (97.6) |
| Oromo | 4 (3.2) | 6 (2.4) | |
| Occupation | Government | 25 (20.2) | 74 (29.8) |
| Private | 20 (16.1) | 55 (22.2) | |
| Merchant | 15 (12.1) | 33 (13.3) | |
| Housewives | 52 (41.9) | 44 (17.70 | |
| Student | 12 (9.7) | 42 (16.9) | |
| Education | Primary | 50 (40.3) | 71 (28.6) |
| Secondary | 21 (16.9) | 64 (25.8) | |
| College | 24 (19.4) | 53 (21.4) | |
| Not read and write | 29 (23.4) | 60 (24.2) | |