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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of adults in Debre Markos town, North West Ethiopia, 2018

From: Prevalence of hypertension and its associated factors among adults in Debre Markos Town, Northwest Ethiopia: community based cross-sectional study

Variables

Category

Frequency

%

Age

≤ 30 years

124

27.2

31–40 years

111

24.3

41–50 years

91

20.0

> 50 years

130

71.5

Sex

Male

208

45.6

Female

248

54.4

Marital status

Single

47

10.3

Married

348

76.3

Widowed

29

6.4

Divorced

32

7.0

Educational status of respondent

Cannot read and write

92

20.2

Can read and write

110

24.1

Grade 1–8

150

32.9

Grade 9–12

38

8.3

Certificates and above

66

14.5

Religion of respondents

Orthodox

442

96.9

Muslim

14

3.1

Ethnicity of respondents

Amhara

449

98.5

Oromo

6

1.3

Tigray

1

0.2

Occupational status

Employed

127

27.9

Merchant

184

40.4

Housewife

52

11.4

Student

11

2.4

Others

82

18.0