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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of 124 Patients Admitted to Bugando Medical Centre with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

From: Oesophageal varices, schistosomiasis, and mortality among patients admitted with haematemesis in Mwanza, Tanzania: a prospective cohort study

Variable

Response

N = 124

%

Male sex

 

75

60%

Age group (years)

14-29

30

24%

30-44

52

42%

45-59

20

16%

≥ 60

22

18%

Live within 5 km of the lake

Yes

80

65%

Current occupation

Peasant

45

36%

Fisherman

17

14%

Other self-employed

47

38%

Civil servant

9

7%

Student

6

5%

Highest education obtained

No or less than primary

26

21%

Completed primary education

77

62%

Completed secondary education

8

6%

Any college/university education

13

10%

Source of water

Piped

47

38%

Lake

41

33%

River

26

21%

Other (rain water, wells, dams)

10

8%

Poverty index*

≤ 2

7

6%

2.1-4.0

36

29%

> 4.0

81

65%

Alcohol use in the past week

Yes

27

22%

Aspirin or NSAID use in the past week

Yes

2

2%

Reported history of prior haematemesis

Yes

47

38%

Reported history of prior praziquantel treatment

Yes

50

40%

  1. *Poverty index > 4 indicates that a person does not have multidimensional poverty.