Research Article
Nontyphoidal Salmonella and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibility among Diarrheic Patients Attending Private Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 1
Background information of diarrheic patients participated in the study.
| Characteristics | Category | Number | Percentage |
| Sex () | Male | 176 | 59 | Female | 122 | 40.9 |
| Age group () | 0-5 | 24 | 9.1 | 6-18 | 17 | 6.4 | 19-30 | 76 | 28.7 | 31-45 | 95 | 35.8 | >45 | 53 | 20 |
| Education () | Illiterate | 20 | 7.5 | Underage/preschool | 24 | 9 | Primary school (1-8) | 36 | 13.6 | Secondary school (9-12) | 74 | 27.9 | College/university | 111 | 41.9 |
| Marital status () | Single | 100 | 37.7 | Married | 165 | 62.3 |
| No. of children () | 1-3 | 100 | 37.7 | 4-6 | 37 | 14 | >6 | 10 | 3.8 | None | 118 | 44.5 |
| Occupation () | Businessmen/women | 66 | 24.9 | Student/underage | 56 | 21.1 | Governmental | 55 | 20.8 | Private | 44 | 16.6 | Housewife | 34 | 12.8 | Other | 10 | 3.8 |
| Place of sample collection () | Bethezatha Hospital | 59 | 19.8 | Ethio Tebib Hospital | 59 | 19.8 | iCMC Hospital | 15 | 5 | Migbaresenay Hospital | 8 | 2.7 | Teklehaimanot Hospital | 157 | 52.7 |
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