Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of hypertensive patients in Durame and Nigist Elleni Mohamed Memorial General Hospitals, SNNPR, May 2016 (N = 205)
Variables | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
< 65 years | 174 | 84.9 |
> =65 years | 12 | 15.1 |
Sex | ||
Male | 100 | 48.8 |
Female | 105 | 51.2 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 136 | 66.3 |
Single | 24 | 11.7 |
Divorced | 15 | 7.3 |
Widowed | 30 | 14.6 |
Educational status | ||
Formal education | 87 | 57.6 |
No formal education | 118 | 42.4 |
Employment status | ||
Government employee | 63 | 30.7 |
Private employee | 63 | 30.7 |
Merchant | 36 | 17.6 |
Housewife | 23 | 11.2 |
Daily laborer | 14 | 6.8 |
Retired | 6 | 2.9 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 65 | 31.7 |
Protestant | 105 | 51.2 |
Muslim | 10 | 4.9 |
Catholic | 25 | 12.2 |
Ethnicity | ||
Hadiya | 102 | 49.8 |
Kembata | 57 | 27.8 |
Gurage | 21 | 10.2 |
Wolaita | 16 | 7.8 |
others | 9 | 4.4 |
Average monthly Income | ||
< 500ETB | 48 | 23.4 |
500-999 ETB | 61 | 29.8 |
> =1000 ETB | 96 | 46.8 |