Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of Type 2 DM patients at Addis Zemen District Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia, 2019(N = 402)
Variables | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Male | 177 | 44.0 |
Female | 225 | 56.0 |
Age (in years) | ||
18–30 | 134 | 33.3 |
31–45 | 118 | 29.4 |
45–70 | 150 | 37.3 |
Level of Education | ||
Cannot read and write | 110 | 27.4 |
Informal education can read and write | 124 | 30.8 |
Primary school and can read and write | 77 | 19.2 |
Secondary school and above | 91 | 22.6 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 202 | 50.2 |
Divorced | 37 | 9.2 |
Widowed | 49 | 12.2 |
Single | 114 | 28.4 |
Occupation | ||
Farmer | 85 | 21.1 |
Government worker | 46 | 11.4 |
Merchant | 104 | 25.9 |
Housewife | 77 | 19.2 |
NGO worker | 90 | 22.4 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 304 | 75.6 |
Muslim | 68 | 16.9 |
Protestant | 30 | 7.5 |
Ethnicity | ||
Amhara | 348 | 86.6 |
Kimant | 35 | 8.7 |
Tigrie | 19 | 4.7 |
Residence | ||
Rural | 159 | 39.6 |
Urban | 243 | 60.4 |
Duration of DM (in years) | ||
270 | 67.2 | |
93 | 23.1 | |
>10 | 39 | 9.7 |
Type of medication they use | ||
Oral | 133 | 33.1 |
Injectable | 218 | 54.2 |
Both | 51 | 12.7 |
Family history of DM | ||
Yes | 118 | 29.4 |
No | 284 | 70.6 |
Income(ETB) | ||
<500 | 156 | 38.8 |
500–1500 | 68 | 16.9 |
1501–2500 | 86 | 21.4 |
>2500 | 92 | 22.9 |