Research Article
Diabetes Mellitus in Outpatients in Debre Berhan Referral Hospital, Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of patients in Debre Berhan Referral Hospital in June 2015.
| Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percentage |
| Sex | Male | 172 | 46.74 | Female | 196 | 53.26 |
| Age | <30 | 114 | 30.98 | 30–39 | 112 | 30.43 | 40–49 | 77 | 20.92 | >50 | 65 | 17.67 |
| Ethnicity | Amhara | 274 | 74.45 | Tigray | 24 | 6.53 | Oromia | 66 | 17.93 | Other | 4 | 1.09 |
| Religion | Orthodox | 271 | 73.64 | Muslim | 63 | 17.12 | Catholic | 6 | 1.63 | Protestant | 28 | 7.61 |
| Marital status | Married | 258 | 70.10 | Single | 72 | 19.56 | Divorced | 16 | 4.35 | Widowed | 22 | 5.99 |
| Educational status | Illiterate | 100 | 27.17 | Can read and write | 76 | 20.65 | Grade 1 to grade 8 | 63 | 17.12 | Grade 9 to grade 12 | 54 | 14.67 | Diploma and above | 75 | 20.65 |
| Occupational status | Government employed | 76 | 20.65 | Self-employed | 90 | 24.45 | Merchant | 42 | 11.41 | Housewife | 87 | 23.64 | Others | 73 | 19.84 |
| Monthly income status | ≤650 | 189 | 51.36 | 651–1400 | 75 | 20.38 | ≥1401 | 104 | 28.26 |
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