Table 1 Socio-demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Chronic Disease Patients, Aksum Hospital, Northern Ethiopia, 2020 (N = 422)
Variable | Category | Frequency N (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age | 18–34 years | 73(17.3) |
35–49 years | 164(38.9) | |
50–92 years | 185(43.8) | |
Sex | Male | 202(47.9) |
Female | 220(52.1) | |
Residence | Urban | 332(78.7) |
Rural | 90(21.3) | |
Marital status | Single | 21(5) |
Married | 268(63.5) | |
Divorced | 44(10.4) | |
Widowed | 89(21.1) | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 6(1.4) |
Tigray | 416(98.6) | |
Educational status | Un able to write read | 182(43.1) |
Able to write and read | 133(31.5) | |
Primary school | 47(11.3) | |
Secondary and above | 60(14.2) | |
Occupation | House wife | 78(18.5) |
Private business | 90(21.3) | |
Government employee | 54(12.8) | |
Farmer | 95(22.5) | |
Unemployed | 62(14.7) | |
Daily labourer | 10(2.4) | |
Retired | 33(7.8) | |
Type of chronic Disease | Diabetes mellitus | 104(24.6) |
Hypertension | 95(22.5) | |
Heart Disease | 110(26.1) | |
Chronic lung disease | 90(21.3) | |
Othera | 23(5.4) | |
High-risk group for developing severe illness | Old age(elderly) | 200(47.4) |
DM or HTN or Heart disease co-morbidity | 150(35.5) | |
Suppressed immunity | 40(9.5) | |
Chronic lung diseases | 20(4.7) | |
Children | 5(1.2) | |
Pregnant | 7(1.7) |