Incidence and Etiology of Surgical Site Infections among Emergency Postoperative Patients in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, South Western Uganda

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of study population.

Characteristic		(%)
Gender	Male	82 (74.5)
	Female	28 (25.5)
Age category	<1 year	4 (3.6)
	1–14 years	4 (3.6)
	14–45 years	44 (40.0)
	45–60 years	47 (42.7)
	>60 years	11 (10.0)
Address	Mbarara	38 (34.6)
	Isingiro	28 (25.4)
	Sheema	10 (9.1)
	Others	34 (30.1)
Occupation	Preschool	9 (8.2)
	Student	32 (29.1)
	Peasant	46 (41.8)
	Business person	17 (15.6)
	Others	6 (5.4)
Marital status	Single/cohabiting	57 (51.8)
	Married	48 (43.6)
	Widowed	2 (1.8)
	Divorced	3 (2.7)
Education level	Preschool	23 (20.9)
	Primary	67 (60.9)
	Secondary	14 (12.7)
	Tertiary	6 (5.5)