Patient Delay in Initiating Tuberculosis Treatment and Associated Factors in Oromia Special Zone, Amhara Region

Table 2

Characteristics of tuberculosis patients in DOTs clinics of Oromia zone, Northeast Ethiopia, 2018.

Variables	Frequency ()	Percent
Sex
Male	223	57.6
Female	164	42.4
Age
18-34	226	58.4
35-50	98	25.3
≥51	63	16.3
Place of residence
Rural	206	53.2
Urban	181	46.8
Marital status
Married	194	50.1
Single	150	38.8
Divorced	23	5.9
Widowed	20	5.2
Educational status
Did not have any schooling level	203	52.2
Did have basic schooling level	69	17.8
Primary	57	14.8
Secondary	36	9.3
College/university	22	5.7
Religion
Muslim	317	81.9
Orthodox	47	12.1
Protestant	23	5.9
Ethnic group
Oromia	249	64.3
Amhara	136	34.9
Tigre	3	0.8