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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients clinically presumptive for nosocomial infection at FHRH, 2018 (n = 238)

From: Multi-drug resistance of blood stream, urinary tract and surgical site nosocomial infections of Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa among patients hospitalized at Felegehiwot referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Demographic variables

Number

Percent

Sex

 Female

109

45.8

 Male

129

54.2

Age (in years)

  <  1

31

13.0

 1–10

34

16.4

 11–20

29

12.2

 21–30

47

19.7

 31–40

25

10.5

 41–50

21

8.8

  > 51

51

21.4

Residence

 Urban

126

52.9

 Rural

112

47.1

Occupation

 Farmer

23

15.2

 House wife

31

20.5

 Government employee

59

39.1

 Private employee

27

17.9

 Other work

11

7.3

 Unemployed

87

36.6

Education

 Under school age

49

20.6

 Illiterate

52

27.5

 Elementary completed

60

31.7

 Highschool completed

11

5.8

 Diploma

36

19.0

 Degree and above

30

15.9

  1. Key: Unemployed: Below school age + students; Other work: daily laborer and merchant