Prevalence of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Bacterial Isolates among Cancer Patients and Healthy Blood Donors at the University of Gondar Specialized Hospital

Table 1

Frequency of sociodemographic characteristics of cancer patients and apparently healthy blood donors at the University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019.

Variables		Cancer patients, n = 120 (%)	Blood donors, n = 120 (%)
Sex	Male	50 (41.7)	82 (68.3)
	Female	70 (58.3)	38 (31.7)
Age category in years	<10	8 (6.7)	0 (0)
	11–20	9 (7.5)	11 (9.2)
	21–30	15 (12.5)	46 (38.3)
	31–40	28 (23.3)	39 (32.5)
	41–60	42 (35)	20 (16.7)
	61–70	11 (9.2)	4 (3.3)
	>70	7 (5.8)	0 (0)
Marital status	Married	91 (78.8)	82 (68.0)
	Unmarried	27 (22.5)	38 (31.7)
	Divorced	1 (0.8)	0 (0)
	Widowed	1 (0.8)	0 (0)
Residences	Urban	74 (61.7)	81 (67.5)
	Rural	46 (38.3)	39 (32.5)
Educational status	Illiterate	50 (41.7)	19 (15.8)
	Read and write	9 (41.7)	8 (6.7)
	Elementary	20 (16.7)	9 (7.5)
	Secondary	21 (17.5)	23 (19.2)
	Twelve and above	20 (16.7)	61 (50.8)
Occupation	Governmental	22 (18.3)	60 (50)
	Nongovernmental	1 (0.8)	0 (0)
	Farmer	43 (35.8)	30 (25)
	Merchant	22 (18.3)	2 (1.7)
	Student	15 (12.5)	20 (16.7)
	Unemployed	17 (14.2)	0 (0)
Monthly income	<17 dollar	53 (44.2)	29 (24.2)
	18–33 dollar	27 (22.5)	16 (13.3)
	34–50 dollar	12 (10)	10 (8.3)
	51–67 dollar	6 (5.0)	8 (6.7)
	>68 dollar	22 (18.3)	57 (47.5)