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Table 1 socio-demographic distribution of mental illness patients at JUSH psychiatry department, Ethiopia, 2010

From: Patterns of treatment seeking behavior for mental illnesses in Southwest Ethiopia: a hospital based study

Variable

Not delayed

(total = 134)

Delayed

(total = 250)

Total (%)

(N = 384)

Gender

Male

88(22.9)

150(39.1)

238 (62.0)

Female

46(12.0)

100(26.0)

146 (38.0)

Age

< 21

53(13.8)

58(15.1)

111 (28.9)

21-30

56(14.6)

107(27.9)

163 (42.4)

31-40

15(3.9)

48(12.5)

63 (16.4)

41-50

6(1.6)

18(4.7)

24 (6.2)

51-60

1(0.3)

12(3.1)

13 (3.4)

> 60

3(0.8)

7(1.8)

10 (2.6)

Marital status

Single

88(22.9)

127(33.1)

215 (56.0)

Married live together

38(9.9)

88(22.9)

126 (32.8)

Married not live together

3(0.8)

7(1.8)

10 (2.6)

Divorced

3(0.8)

20(5.2)

23 (6.0)

Widowed

2(0.5)

8(2.1)

10 (2.6)

Educational status

Attended formal education

107(27.9)

178(46.4)

285 (74.2)

Cannot read and write

24(6.2)

58(15.1)

82 (21.4)

Read and write only

3(0.8)

14(3.6)

17 (4.4)

Religion

Muslim

85(22.1)

161(41.9)

246 (64.1)

Orthodox

29(7.6)

55(14.3)

84 (21.9)

Protestant

20(5.2)

33(8.6)

53 (13.8)

Others*

0(0.0)

1(0.3)

1 (0.3)

Ethnicity

Oromo

91(23.7)

165(43.0)

256 (66.7)

Amhara

13(3.4)

39(10.2)

52 (13.5)

Dawro

9(2.3)

8(2.1)

17 (4.4)

Keffa

7(1.8)

8(2.1)

15 (3.9)

Yem

3(0.8)

6(1.6)

9 (2.3)

Others**

11(2.9)

24(6.2)

35 (9.1)

Occupation

Student

48(12.5)

52(13.5)

100 (26.0)

Farmer

27(7.0)

66(17.2)

93 (24.2)

House wife

17(4.4)

41(10.7)

58 (15.1)

Government employee

17(4.4)

28(7.3)

45 (11.7)

Merchant

8(2.1)

21(5.5)

29 (7.6)

Daily laborer

4(1.0)

8(2.1)

12 (3.1)

Others***

13(3.4)

34(8.9)

47 (12.2)

Place of origin

In Jimma zone

119(31.0)

219(57.0)

338 (88.0)

Outside of Jimma zone

15(3.9)

31(8.1)

46 (12.0)

Type of residency

Rural

65(16.9)

115(29.9)

204 (53.1)

Urban

69(18.0)

135(35.2)

180 (46.9)

  1. *Catholic, traditional religions **Siltie, Gurage, Tigre, Wolayta, Hadya
  2. *** Taxi driver, pension, and religious leader