Research Article

Acute Poisoning Cases Presented to the Addis Ababa Burn, Emergency, and Trauma Hospital Emergency Department, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Demographic data of poisoning patients presented to AaBET hospital.

VariablesCategoryFrequencyPercentage

SexMale5152.0
Female4748.0

Age13–244343.9
25–343535.7
35–4477.1
>451313.3

AddressOromia5960.2
Addis Ababa3838.8
Amhara11.0

Level of educationUneducated66.1
Primary school5657.1
Secondary school3131.6
College and university55.1

Marital statusSingle5657.1
Married4242.9

OccupationUnemployed5253.1
Farmer3333.7
Private business33.0
Merchant33.0
Unknown77.2