A Retrospective Study of Ectoparasitosis in Patients Referred to Imam Reza Hospital of Mashhad, Iran

Table 3

Frequency distribution of final diagnosis based on occupation.

Occupation			Final diagnosis
	Scabies		Pediculosis		Negative		Total number
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Employee	24	16.2	6	4.1	118	79.7	148	100
Worker	16	32.0	2	4.0	32	64.0	50	100
Self employed	73	30.8	7	3.0	157	66.2	237	100
Housewife	58	11.6	22	4.4	419	84.0	499	100
Student	98	27.8	23	6.5	231	65.6	352
Child	52	20.6	25	9.9	176	69.9	253	100
Retired/unemployed	44	22.4	11	5.6	141	71.9	196	100
Total	365	21.0	96	5.5	1274	73.4	1735	100