Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population
From: Factors associated with the length of stay in emergency departments in Southern-Ethiopia
Variable | No. (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Female | 169 (42.4) |
Male | 230 (57.6) |
Age in years, (mean ± SD), range (years) | 38.1 (1.6), (10–96) |
≤ 10 | 1 (0.3) |
11–20 | 53 (13.3) |
21–30 | 118 (29.6) |
31–40 | 76 (19) |
41–50 | 76 (19) |
> 50 | 75 (18.8) |
Educational level | |
Formal education | 154 (38.6) |
Non formal education | 245 (61.4) |
Ethnicity | |
Oromo | 128 (32.1) |
Amhara | 34 (8.5) |
Wolayita | 42 (10.5) |
Sidama | 133 (33.3) |
Others | 62 (15.5) |
Residence | |
Urban | 113 (28.3) |
Sub-urban | 130 (32.6) |
Rural | 156 (39.1) |
Region | |
Oromia | 177 (44.3) |
South-Ethiopia | 215 (53.7) |
Others | 7 (1.8) |