Research Article
Magnitude and Its Associated Factors of Urinary Tract Infection among Adult Patients Attending Tigray Region Hospitals, Northern Ethiopia, 2019
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of adult patients attending the OPD in Tigray region hospitals, Ethiopia, 2019 (N = 472).
| Characteristics | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) |
| Sex | Male | 261 | 55.3 | Female | 211 | 44.7 |
| Age | 18-24 years | 60 | 12.7 | 25-34 years | 119 | 25.2 | 35-44 years | 105 | 22.2 | 45-54 years | 75 | 15.9 | 55-64 years | 63 | 13.3 | >65 years | 50 | 10.6 |
| Education | No formal education | 181 | 38.3 | Primary school (1–8) | 86 | 18.3 | Secondary school (9–12) | 87 | 18.4 | College and above | 118 | 25.0 |
| Marital status | Single | 118 | 25.1 | Married | 265 | 56.1 | Divorced | 68 | 14.4 | Widowed | 21 | 4.4 |
| Occupation | Farmer | 182 | 38.6 | Government employee | 76 | 16.1 | Private employee | 30 | 6.4 | Merchant | 75 | 15.9 | Nonemployed | 36 | 7.6 | Student | 46 | 9.7 | Others | 27 | 5.7 |
| Residence | Rural | 221 | 46.8 | Urban | 251 | 53.2 |
| Environmental weather | Highland | 80 | 16.9 | Lowland | 392 | 83.1 |
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Others = pensioner, housewife, and daily labors. |