Table 1 Age, gender distribution and length of stay of patients in the medicine wards of general hospitals in Addis Ababa, January, 2014 (n = 477)
Hospital | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public | Private | ||||
N | % | N | % | ||
Age (Years) | |||||
14-65 | 329 | 87.5 | 73 | 72.3 | |
>65 | 47 | 12.5 | 28 | 27.7 | |
Gender | |||||
Male | 172 | 45.7 | 68 | 67.3 | |
Female | 204 | 54.3 | 33 | 32.7 | |
Length of stay | |||||
0-7 days | 110 | 29.2 | 76 | 75.2 | |
8-14 days | 133 | 35.4 | 17 | 16.8 | |
>14 days | 133 | 35.4 | 8 | 8.0 | |
Total | 376 | 100.0 | 101 | 100.0 | |