Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of adult cancer patients at cancer center of Black Lion hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in April 2014 (n = 388)
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 122 | 31.4 |
Female | 266 | 68.6 | |
Age | 18–39 | 162 | 41.8 |
40–49 | 85 | 21.9 | |
50–59 | 76 | 19.6 | |
60–69 | 47 | 12.1 | |
70–79 | 11 | 2.8 | |
80+ | 7 | 1.8 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 241 | 62.1 |
Muslim | 86 | 22.2 | |
Protestant | 42 | 10.8 | |
Catholic | 13 | 3.4 | |
Others | 6 | 1.5 | |
Marital status | Married | 225 | 58 |
Single | 94 | 24.2 | |
Widowed | 41 | 10.6 | |
Divorced | 28 | 7.2 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 159 | 41 |
SNNP | 88 | 22.7 | |
Oromo | 56 | 14.4 | |
Tigre | 55 | 14.2 | |
Other | 30 | 7.7 | |
Occupation | Governmental employee | 77 | 19.8 |
House wife | 67 | 17.3 | |
Farmer | 28 | 7.2 | |
Merchant | 34 | 8.8 | |
Student | 24 | 6.2 | |
Private or NGO | 19 | 4.9 | |
Retired | 25 | 6.4 | |
Stopped | 105 | 27.1 | |
Others | 9 | 2.3 | |
Educational status | Read and write but no formal education | 46 | 11.9 |
Primary education (1–6) | 44 | 11.3 | |
Secondary education (7–12) | 90 | 23.2 | |
Tertiary education (12+) | 117 | 30.2 | |
Monthly income (ETB) | <313.75 | 97 | 25.0 |
313.75–900 | 103 | 26.5 | |
900–2330 | 91 | 23.5 | |
>2330 | 97 | 25.0 |