Table 2 Socio-demographic and health sector variables and their impact on the outcome for study participants
Variable | Early presentation (< 24 h) | Late presentation (> 24 h) | Total | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (Years) | ||||
0–20 | 23 (59.0) | 16 (41.0) | 39 | 0.05 |
21–40 | 32 (53.3) | 28 (46.7) | 60 | |
41–60 | 22 (44.0) | 28 (56.0) | 50 | |
> 60 | 5 (23.0) | 16 (76.2) | 21 | |
Total | 82 | 88 | 170 | |
Sex | ||||
Males | 52 (45.2) | 63 (54.8) | 115 | 0.325 |
Females | 30 (54.5) | 25 (45.5) | 55 | |
Total | 82 | 88 | 170 | |
Level of education | ||||
Non formal | 2 (16.7) | 10 (83.3) | 12 | 0.121 |
Primary | 38 (50.7) | 37 (49.3) | 75 | |
Secondary | 28 (51.9) | 26 (48.1) | 54 | |
College/university | 11 (57.9) | 8 (42.1) | 19 | |
None | 3 (30) | 7 (70.0) | 10 | |
Total | 82 | 88 | 170 | |
Employment status | 0.94 | |||
Government | 5 (55.6) | 4 (44.4) | 9 | |
Private | 9 (47.4) | 10 (52.6) | 19 | |
Self | 34 (45.9) | 40 (54.1) | 74 | |
Unemployed | 34 (50.0) | 34 (50.0) | 68 | |
Total | 82 | 88 | 170 | |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 41 (48.2) | 44 (51.8) | 85 | |
Single | 31 (67.4) | 15 (32.6) | 46 | |
Widow | 4 (30.8) | 9 (69.2) | 13 | |
Cohabitating | 1 (11.1) | 8 (88.9) | 9 | |
Living with parents | 5 (29.4) | 12 (70.6) | 17 | |
Religion | ||||
Christian | 45 (46.4) | 52 (53.6) | 97 | 0.188 |
Muslims | 36 (53.7) | 31 (46.3) | 67 | |
Others | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | 6 | |
Staff's | ||||
Adequacy | ||||
Enough > 2 | 30 (50) | 30 (50) | 60 | 0.751 |
Less < 2 | 52 (47.3) | 58 (52.7) | 110 | |