Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics among adult hypertensive patients attending at Ayder comprehensive specialized hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 578).

Variables Category Frequency Percept
Sex Male 288 49.8%
Female 290 50.2%
Marital status Married 498 86.2%
Single 35 6.1%
Widow 34 5.9%
Divorced 11 1.9%
Level of education No formal education 242 41.9%
Primary 146 25.3%
Secondary 123 21.3%
University 67 11.6%
Religion Orthodox 539 93.3%
Muslim 38 6.6%
Occupational status Governmental employee 114 19.7%
Trader 131 22.7%
Farmer 190 32.9%
Student 14 2.4%
House wife 122 21.1%
Ethnicity Tigray 556 96.2%
Afar 13 2.3%
Amhara 9 1.5
Residence Urban 323 55.9
Rural 255 44.1