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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristic of deceased adults (2007–2012& 2015–2016), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

From: Injury related adult deaths in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: analysis of data from verbal autopsy

 

All Deaths

Injury Deaths

Characteristics

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Sex

 Male

3827

51.9

395

79.6

 Female

3548

48.1

101

20.4

Age group in years

 15–34

1229

16.7

218

43.9

 35–54

1926

26.1

160

32.3

 55–74

2428

32.9

91

18.4

 Greater than 74

1792

24.3

27

5.4

Educational Status

 No formal Education

2842

38.5

75

15.1

 Primary Education

1771

24.0

107

21.6

 Secondary Education

1556

21.1

170

34.3

 Above Secondary Education

701

9.5

64

12.9

 Informal education

237

3.2

18

3.6

 Unknown

268

3.6

62

12.5

Religion

 Orthodox

6500

88.1

441

88.9

 Muslim

627

8.5

40

8.1

 Others

248

3.4

15

3.0

Ethnicity

 Amhara

3823

51.8

245

49.4

 Oromo

1817

24.6

127

25.6

 Gurage

926

12.6

68

13.7

 Others

680

9.2

55

11.1

 Unknown

129

1.8

1

–

Marital Status

 Single

1404

19.0

229

46.2

 Married

3244

44.0

229

46.2

 Divorced/ Separated

733

9.9

35

7.0

 Widowed

1972

26.7

2

0.4

 Unknown

22

0.3

1

0.2

Total

7375

100.0

496

100