Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of patients attending at diabetic clinics at Northwest Amhara comprehensive specialized Hospitals, 2021 (n = 496)
s.n | Variables | Frequency (n) | Percent (%) | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Age in years | |||
 18–30 | 97 | 19.6% | Median = 52 IQR =  ± 23 | |
 31–43 | 86 | 17.4% | ||
 44–56 | 149 | 30% | ||
 > 57 | 164 | 33% | ||
2 | Sex | |||
 Male | 288 | 58.1% |  | |
 Female | 208 | 41.9% | ||
3 | Marital Status | |||
 Married | 391 | 78.8% |  | |
 Single | 79 | 15.9% | ||
 Divorced & widowed | 26 | 5.2% | ||
4 | Educational Level | |||
 No education | 75 | 15.1% |  | |
 Primary education | 97 | 19.6% | ||
 Secondary education | 142 | 28.6% | ||
 Diploma and above | 182 | 36.7% | ||
5 | Occupation | |||
 Student | 21 | 4.2% |  | |
 Self employed | 159 | 32.1% | ||
 Employee | 188 | 37.9% | ||
 Unemployed | 63 | 12.7% | ||
 House wife | 40 | 8.1% | ||
 Other | 25 | 5.0% | ||
6 | Religion | |||
 Catholic | 27 | 5.4% |  | |
 Muslim | 54 | 10.9% | ||
 Orthodox | 396 | 79.8% | ||
 Protestant | 19 | 3.8% | ||
7 | Residence | |||
 Urban | 342 | 69.0% |  | |
 Rural | 154 | 31.0% | ||
8 | Ethnicity | |||
 Amhara | 340 | 68.5% |  | |
 Oromo | 94 | 19.0% | ||
 Tigray | 43 | 8.7% | ||
 Othera | 19 | 3.8% | ||
9 | Income in ETB | |||
 < 1000 | 129 | 26.0% | Median & IQR  = 2000 Birr | |
 1000–3000 | 248 | 50.0% | ||
 3001–5000 | 83 | 16.7% | ||
 > 5000 | 36 | 7.3% | ||