Research Article

Hospitalization and Predictors of Inpatient Mortality among HIV-Infected Patients in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Jimma, Ethiopia: Prospective Observational Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of PLWH hospitalized to the medical wards of JUSH, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia, 2017 (N = 101).

CharacteristicsFrequencyPercent

Sex
 Male3938.6
 Female6261.4

Age group
 15–2487.9
 25–345352.5
 35–442524.7
 45+1514.9

Residence
 Urban6564.4
 Rural3635.6

Level of education
 No education2928.7
 Primary4241.6
 Secondary+3029.7

Marital status
 Single1514.8
 Married5049.5
 Divorced2524.8
 Widowed1110.9

Occupation
 Government employee109.9
  Self-employed2827.7
 Unemployed6362.4

Body mass index (in kg/m2)
 <163534.7
 16–18.52322.7
 18.5–24.94342.6
 ≥2500.0