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Table 2 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of patients undergone general surgery at specialized hospitals in the Amhara region, between March—April 2021 (n = 447)

From: Time to development of surgical site infection and its predictors among general surgery patients admitted at specialized hospitals in Amhara region, northwest Ethiopia: a prospective follow-up study

Variables

Category

Total

Frequency

Percent

Age

 <  = 20

12

2.7

21–40

156

34.9

41–60

232

51.9

 > 60

47

10.5

Sex

Female

217

48.5

Male

230

51.5

Occupational Status

Private employee

75

16.8

Government employee

65

14.5

Merchant

32

7.2

Farmer

67

15.0

Pastoralist

31

6.9

Student

30

6.7

House Wife

66

14.8

Unemployed

56

12.5

Retired

25

5.6

Educational Status

College and Above

47

10.5

Secondary school

108

24.2

Primary school

127

28.4

Able to read and write only

44

9.8

Unable to read and write

121

27.1

Residence

Urban Resident

221

49.4

Rural Resident

226

50.6