Prevalence of Leukemia and Associated Factors among Patients with Abnormal Hematological Parameters in Jimma Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of patients who have abnormal hematological parameters in Jimma Medical Center from January 1, 2019, to April 30, 2019.

Characteristics		Sex of the patient		Total (N (%))
		Male (N (%))	Female (N (%))
Age category	0–14	63 (49.6)	64 (50.4)	127 (38.25)
	15–49	75 (41.9)	104 (58.1)	179 (53.91)
	50+	14 (53.8)	12 (46.2)	26 (7.83)
Residency	Urban	83 (44.1)	105 (55.9)	188 (57)
	Rural	69 (47.9)	75 (52.1)	144 (43.37)
Occupation	Student	32 (48.5)	34 (51.5)	66 (19.88)
	Farmer	30 (49.2)	31 (50.8)	61 (18.37)
	Gov’t employee	25 (37.9)	41 (62.1)	66 (19.88)
	Private	22 (56.4)	17 (43.6)	39 (11.75)
	Unexplained	43 (43.0)	57 (57.0)	100 (30.12)
Total (N (%))		152 (45.8)	180 (54.2)	332 (100.0)

N = number and % = percentage.