Research Article
Skin Diseases among the Old Age Residents in a Nursing Home: A Neglected Problem
Table 1
Patient demographic characteristics.
| Variable | Number | Percent |
| Age group (year) | 60–69 | 103 | 39.8 | 70–79 | 80 | 30.9 | ≥80 | 76 | 29.3 |
| Gender | Male | 137 | 52.9 | Female | 122 | 47.1 |
| Education | Illiterate | 106 | 40.9 | Primary school | 74 | 28.6 | High school | 64 | 24.7 | Academic degree | 15 | 5.8 |
| Occupation | Housewife | 100 | 38.6 | Farmer | 56 | 21.6 | Self-employment | 47 | 18.5 | Retired | 29 | 11.2 | Other | 27 | 10.1 |
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