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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of patients with intestinal obstruction from January 09, 2015, to November 09, 2018, in Arba Minch General Hospital

From: Magnitude, pattern and management outcome of intestinal obstruction among non-traumatic acute abdomen surgical admissions in Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia

Variables

Frequencies

Percent (%)

Sex

 Male

248

80.25

 Female

61

19.74

Age (years)

 < 50

208

67.31

 ≥ 50

101

32.68

Residence

 Rural

243

78.64

 Urban

64

20.71

 Not known

2

0.64

Religion

 Protestant

195

63.10

 Orthodox

108

34.95

 Muslim

3

0.97

 Others

3

0.97

Ethnicity

 Gamo

249

80.58

 Konso

27

8.73

 Amhara

23

7.44

 Oromo

8

2.58

 Others

2

0.67