Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics
Variable | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 73 | 80.2 |
Female | 18 | 19.8 | |
Age | < 15 | 15 | 16.5 |
15–49 | 57 | 62.6 | |
> = 50 | 19 | 20.9 | |
Marital status | Married | 53 | 58.2 |
Single | 38 | 41.8 | |
Occupation | Farmer | 29 | 31.9 |
Student | 23 | 25.3 | |
Employee | 16 | 17.6 | |
Merchant | 10 | 10.9 | |
Others | 13 | 14.3 | |
Residence | Urban | 46 | 50.5 |
Rural | 45 | 49.5 | |
Chronic illness | HTN | 10 | 11 |
DM | 1 | 1.1 | |
Cardiac | 1 | 1.1 | |
No | 79 | 86.8 | |
History of medication intake | Antihypertensive | 10 | 10.8 |
Antidiabetics | 1 | 1.1 | |
Cardiac | 1 | 1.1 | |
Personal habit | Smoking | 2 | 2.2 |
Alcohol | 6 | 6.6 | |
History of trauma to the head | Yes | 85 | 93.4 |
No | 6 | 6.6 | |
Mechanism of injuries | Road traffic accident | 29 | 31.9 |
Fighting | 29 | 31.9 | |
Falls | 20 | 22 | |
Thrown stone | 3 | 3.2 | |
Not known | 2 | 2.2 | |
Others | 2 | 2.2 |