Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics among women visiting HUCSH for suspicious cervical cancer after VIA, from January 2015 to December 2019.

Characteristics	Category	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Age (years)	25–34	62	22.2
	≥35	217	77.8
Educational status	Illiterate	103	36.9
	Literate	176	63.1
Marital status	Married	277	99.3
	Single	2	0.7
Occupation	Unemployed	195	69.9
	Employed	84	30.1
Residence	Urban	132	47.3
	Rural	147	52.7
Religion	Orthodox	101	36.2
	Protestant	87	31.2
	Muslim	91	32.6
Mode of referral	Self-referred	157	56.3
	Referred	122	43.7
Sources of referral	Health post	6	5.0
	Health center	47	38.8
	District hospital	43	35.5
	Other	25	20.7
Address(region)	Oromia	137	49.1
	Sidama	86	30.8
	SNNPR	56	20.1