Hospitalization Events among Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease in Basra, Iraq

Table 1

Selected sociodemographic characteristics of patients.

Variable	SCA		S/β-Thalassemia		Total
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Age (years)
≤5	10	6.24	34	21.26	44	27.5
>5–10	14	8.74	52	32.51	66	41.25
>10–14	5	3.12	45	28.13	50	31.25
Sex
Male	14	8.74	77	48.14	91	56.88
Female	15	9.36	54	33.76	69	43.12
Residence
Urban	13	8.11	70	43.76	83	51.87
Rural	16	9.99	61	38.14	77	48.13
Educational level of father
Illiterate	1	0.62	10	6.25	11	6.87
Primary	15	9.36	47	29.38	62	38.74
Secondary	6	3.75	54	33.75	60	37.5
High education	7	5.45	20	12.5	27	16.95
Educational level of mother
Illiterate	2	1.25	17	10.63	19	11.88
Primary	18	11.23	73	45.64	91	56.87
Secondary	7	4.37	30	18.75	37	23.12
High education	2	1.25	11	6.88	13	8.13
Total	29	18.1	131	81.9	160	100
School attendance for children (number, 100)
Regular	2	2	11	11	13	13
Irregular	15	15	49	49	64	64
Left	1	1	22	22	23	23