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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and extra pulmonary tuberculosis among suspected patients at University of Gondar Hospital, from January 2012 to April 2012, (N = 344)

From: Smear positive extra pulmonary tuberculosis disease at University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Socio-demographic variables

Extra pulmonary TB

Total (%)

Positive, No (%)

Negative, No (%)

Sex

   

  Female

14 (8.6)

149 (914)

163 (47.4)

  Male

20 (11)

161 (89)

181 (52.6)

Age

   

  <10

3 (8.1)

34 (91.9)

37 (10.8)

  10-20

7 (9.7)

65 (90.3)

72 (20.9)

  21-30

8 (8.5)

86 (91.8)

94 (27.3)

  31-40

10 (14.9)

57 (85.1)

67 (19.5)

  41-50

3 (7.9)

35 (92.1)

38 (11.0)

  >50

3 (8.3)

33 (91.7)

36 (10.5)

Residence

   

  Urban

14 (12.5)

98 (87.5)

112 (32.6)

  Rural

20 (8.6)

212 (91.4)

232 (67.4)

Occupation

   

  Merchant

0 (0)

15 (100)

15 (4.4)

  Student

9 (12.2)

65 (87.8)

74 (21.5)

  Housewife

6 (8)

69 (92)

75 (21.8)

  Daily-labor

3 (10)

27 (90)

30 (8.7)

  Government employee

2 (12.5)

14 (87.5)

16 (4.7)

  Farmer

13 (10.4)

112 (89.6)

125 (36.3)

  Other

1 (11.1)

8 (88.9)

9 (2.6)

Educational level:

   

  Pre-school age

1 (5)

19 (95)

20 (5.8)

  Not read and write

17 (10.6)

144 (89.4)

161 (46.8)

  Primary school

9 (8.7)

95 (91.3)

104 (30.2)

  Secondary school & above

7 (11.9)

52 (88.1)

59 (17.2)

Marital status:

   

  Single

15 (11.9)

111 (88.1)

126 (36.6)

  Married

13 (7.4)

162 (92.6)

175 (50.9)

  Divorce

6 (15.4)

33 (84.6)

39 (11.3)

  Widowed

0 (0)

4 (100)

4 (1.2)

Family size

   

  ≤4

20 (12.2)

14 (87.8)

164 (47.7)

  ≥5

14 (7.8)

166 (92.2)

180 (52.3)

Number of house rooms

   

  1

28 (9.9)

256 (90.1)

284 (82.6)

  2

5 (10.9)

41 (89.1)

46 (13.4)

  3

1 (7.1)

13 (92.9)

14 (4.1)