Research Article
The Pattern of Respiratory Disease Morbidity and Mortality in a Tertiary Hospital in Southern-Eastern Nigeria
Table 1
General characteristics of patients with respiratory diseases in UCTH.
| | | Female
121 (%) | Male
204 (%) | Total
325 (%) |
| | Age | | | | | 15–29 | 41 (33.8) | 42 (20.6) | 83 (25.5) | | 30–44 | 38 (31.5) | 87 (42.7) | 125 (38.5) | | 45–64 | 33 (27.3) | 58 (28.4) | 91 (28) | | 65+ | 9 (7.4) | 17 (8.3) | 26 (8) | | Occupation | | | | | Farmer | 42 (34.7) | 78 (38.2) | 120 (37.0) | | Trader | 15 (12.4) | 35 (17.1) | 50 (15.4) | | Public servant | 31 (25.6) | 52 (25.5) | 83 (25.5) | | Semiskilled | 23 (19.0) | 34 (17.7) | 57 (17.5) | | Unemployed | 10 (8.3) | 5 (2.5) | 15 (4.6) | | Smoker | 0 (0.0) | 23 (11.3) | 23 (7.1) |
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