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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of women suspected of puerperal sepsis at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017, (n = 166)

From: Proportion of bacterial isolates, their antimicrobial susceptibility profile and factors associated with puerperal sepsis among post-partum/aborted women at a referral Hospital in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia

Variable

Frequency N, (%)

Bacterial isolates

Yes, N (%)

No, N (%)

Age

18–24

68 (41)

22 (32.4)

46 (67.6)

25–34

69 (41.6)

17 (24.6)

52 (75.4)

35–42

29 (17.5)

17 (58.6)

12 (41.4)

Educational Status

Illiterate

70 (42.2)

29 (41.4)

41 (58.6)

1–4 grade

14 (8.4)

8 (57.1)

6 (42.9)

5–8 Grade

21 (12.7)

6 (28.6)

15 (71.4)

Secondary and Above

61 (36.7)

13 (21.3)

38 (78.7)

Occupation

Government Employee

36 (27.7)

7 (19.4)

29 (80.6)

Farmer

65 (39.2)

26 (40)

39 (60)

Merchant

17 (10.2)

8 (47)

9 (53)

House Wife

37 (22.2)

13 (35.1)

24 (64.9)

Other

11 (6.7)

2 (18.2)

9 (81.8)

Residence

Rural

86 (51.8)

26 (30.2)

60 (69.8)

Urban

80 (48.2)

30 (37.5)

50 (62.5)

Religion

Orthodox

148 (89.2)

48 (32.4)

100 (67.6)

Muslim

18 (10.8

8 (44.4)

10 (55.6)