Table 1.

Socio-demographic and personal characterstics patient admitted to surgical wards of Dilla University Referral Hospital, 2021.

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent
Age	<19	30	8.0%
	19–64	271	72.7%
	>64	72	19.3%
Sex	Male	221	59.2%
	Female	152	40.8%
Alcohol	Yes	45	12.1%
	No	324	86.9%
	Not recorded	4	1.1%
Smoking	Yes	13	3.5%
	No	356	95.4%
	Not recorded	4	1.1%
Past medical illness	Yes	29	7.8%
	No	333	89.3%
	Not recorded	11	2.9%
Type of past medical illnesses(n = 29)	DM	6	20.7%
	Hypertension	12	41.4%
	HIV	4	13.8%
	Other	7	24.1%