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Table 1 Sex and age distribution of mortalities during the last three years in the Dessie Referral Hospital, 2010–2012

From: Retrospective analysis of mortalities in a tertiary care hospital in Northeast Ethiopia

Patient characteristics

Frequency (%)

Sex

Male

880 (59.4)

Female

584 (39.4)

Not mentioned

17 (1.2)

Total

1,481 (100)

Age

Not mentioned

7 (0.5)

<5 years

443 (29.4)

5-14

70 (4.7)

16-30

407 ( 27.5)

31-50

343 (23.2)

> = 51

212 (14.3)

 

Total

1,481 (100)