Epidemiological and Clinical Profile of Deaths due to COVID-19 among Hospitalized Patients in Sidama Region, Ethiopia

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and epidemiologicprofile of dead adult COVID-19 patients admitted in treatment facilities ofSidama region

Variables

Frequency( all patients=186)

Percentage (%)

Median age

Age group

60

 

18 to 39 years

33

17.7

40 to 60 years

67

36

≥ 61 years

86

46.3

Sex

 

 

Male

135

72.6

Female

51

27.4

Occupation

 

 

Government employee

38

20.4

Private employee

4

2.2

Unemployed

87

46.8

Private business

26

14

Housewife

31

16.1

Place of residence

 

 

Urban

106

57

Rural

80

43

Site of detection

 

 

Community

12

6.5

Government

150

80.6

Private

24

12.9

Treatment facility

Government

Private

 

157

29

 

84.4

15.6

Health facility visit

17

9.1

Contact

54

29