Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of patients with surgical site infection at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Amhara, Ethiopia [Dec. 2011-March 2012]
Variables | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
Age | Â | Â |
18-30 | 100 | 54.3 |
31-40 | 43 | 23.4 |
41-50 | 18 | 9.8 |
≥51 | 23 | 12.5 |
Sex | Â | Â |
Male | 61 | 33.2 |
Female | 123 | 68.8 |
Education | Â | Â |
Elementary & junior | 39 | 21.2 |
Secondary & above | 49 | 26.6 |
Illiterate | 96 | 52.2 |
Residence | Â | Â |
Urban | 65 | 35.3 |
Rural | 119 | 64.7 |
Occupation | Â | |
Governmental employee | 23 | 12.5 |
Farmer | 97 | 52.7 |
Student | 6 | 3.3 |
House wife | 53 | 28.8 |
Other | 5 | 2.7 |