Table 1: Socio- demographic characteristics of diabetic patient in Hawassa Adare Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, from March to May 2015 (n=207).

Variable Category No. (%)
Sex Male 100 (48.3)
Female 107 (51.7)
Age in years [Mean: 48.7 years] < 35 18 (8.7)
36-45 74 (35.7)
46-55 53 (25.6)
>55 62 (30.0)
Marital status Single 29 (14.0)
Married 168 (81.2)
Widowed 10 (4.8)
Religion Catholic 8 (3.8)
Muslim 35 (16.9)
Protestant 71 (34.3)
Orthodox 93 (44.9)
Educational status Not able to read 66 (31.9)
Primary school 45 (21.7)
Secondary school 47 (22.7)
College and above 49 (23.7)
No. of family <5 58 (28.0)
5-10 142 (68.6)
>10 7 (3.4%)
Resident Urban 180 (87.0)
Rural 27 (13.0)
Monthly income [Ethio. Birr] <500 87 (42.0)
501-1000 70 (33.8)
1001-2000 28 (13.5)
>2000 22 (10.6)
Occupational status Employee 96 (46.4)
Student 4 (1.9)
Merchant 7 (3.4)
Farmer 13 (6.3)
Unemployed 87 (42.0)