Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of patients attending the dental clinic in DebreTabor General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopian, 2017
Variables | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
< 20 | 35 | 12.6 |
20–29 | 103 | 36.8 |
30–39 | 76 | 27 |
40–49 | 31 | 11 |
50–59 | 20 | 7.2 |
≥ 60 | 15 | 5.4 |
Sex | ||
Female | 129 | 46.1 |
Male | 151 | 53.9 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 171 | 61.1 |
Rural | 109 | 38.9 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 263 | 93.9 |
Muslim | 11 | 3.9 |
Protestant | 6 | 2.2 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 193 | 69 |
Single | 76 | 27.1 |
Divorced | 7 | 2.5 |
Widowed | 4 | 1.4 |
Educational status | ||
Not attend formal education | 72 | 9.7 |
Attend formal education | 208 | 74.3 |
Occupation | ||
Farmer | 96 | 34.3 |
Government employed | 63 | 22.5 |
Merchant | 80 | 28.6 |
Student | 30 | 10.7 |
Other | 11 | 3.9 |
Ethnicity | ||
Amhara | 271 | 96.8 |
Tigray | 6 | 2.2 |
Others | 3 | 1 |
Monthly income in Eth.Birr | ||
< 5000 | 182 | 65.0 |
> 5000 | 98 | 35.0 |