Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of adult deaths in Dabat Demographic and Health Surveillance Site, northwest Ethiopia, 2007–2013
Characteristics | Category | Number (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | Female | 564 (52.1) |
Male | 518 (47.9) | |
Age group (years) | Median = 60.1; IQRa (38.2, 73.4) | |
15–24 | 122 (11.3) | |
25–49 | 273 (25.2) | |
> = 50 | 687(63.5) | |
Marital status | single | 115 (10.6) |
married | 546 (50.5) | |
widowed | 289 (26.7) | |
divorced | 116 (10.7) | |
separated | 10 (0.9) | |
cohabitated | 4 (0.4) | |
not known | 2 (0.2) | |
Educational status | uneducated | 784 (72.5) |
1–4 | 138 (12.8) | |
5–8 | 72 (6.7) | |
9–12 | 71 (6.6) | |
12+ | 17 (1.6) | |
Occupational status | Self-employed | 801 (74.0) |
student | 41 (3.8) | |
public servant | 41 (3.8) | |
unemployed | 16 (1.5) | |
other | 183 (16.9) | |
Place of death | Home | 899 (83.1) |
Health institutions | 100 (9.1) | |
Others | 83 (7.7) | |
Climatic zone | Mid- to lowland | 726 (67.1) |
Highland | 356 (32.9) | |
Year of death | 2007–2010 | 557 (51.5) |
2011–2013 | 525 (48.5) |