Magnitude of Malaria-Typhoid Fever Coinfection in Febrile Patients at Arba Minch General Hospital in Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Socio-demographic characteristics by coinfection of febrile patient (n = 416) at Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, 2021.

Variables	Category	Coinfection
		No (%)	Yes (%)
Sex	Male	219 (95.2)	11(4.8)
	Female	184 (98.9)	2 (1.1)
Age (year)	2–5	44 (91.7)	4 (8.3)
	6–11	51 (94.4)	3 (5.6)
	12–25	218 (98.2)	4 (1.8)
	26–45	79 (98.8)	1 (1.2)
	≥46	11 (91.7)	1 (8.3)
Residence	Urban	189 (99.0)	2(1.0)
	Rural	214 (95.1)	11(4.9)
Marital status	Married	73 (94.8)	4 (5.2)
	Unmarried	330 (97.3)	9 (2.7)
Education status	Illiterate	7 (87.5)	1 (12.5)
	Kindergarten (KG)	26 (89.7)	3 (10.3)
	1 school	126 (96.9)	4 (3.1)
	2 school	166 (97.6)	4 (2.4)
	College & above	78 (98.7)	1 (1.3)
Occupation	Housewife	5 (83.3)	1(16.7)
	Farmer	34 (70)	2 (30)
	Student	215 (97.3)	6 (2.7)
	Merchant	78 (97.5)	2 (2.5)
	Employee	55 (98.2)	1(1.8)
	Labour worker	16 (94.1)	1 (5.9)