Table 1 : Demographic characteristics of diabetes subjects at University of Gondar Reaching Referral Hospital, May 2012, Gondar, (n= 301).
| Variable | N | % |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 163 | 54.2 |
| Male | 138 | 45.8 |
| Residence | ||
| Urban | 202 | 66.9 |
| Rural | 99 | 32.8 |
| Occupation | ||
| Student | 24 | 8.0 |
| Employee | 57 | 18.9 |
| Trader | 31 | 10.3 |
| Farmer | 62 | 20.6 |
| House wife | 95 | 31.6 |
| Retired | 18 | 6.0 |
| Daily laborer | 9 | 3.0 |
| Jobless | 5 | 1.7 |
| Type of diabetes | ||
| Type 1 | 127 | 42.2 |
| Type 2 | 174 | 57.8 |
| Age (in years) | ||
| ≤ 20 | 21 | 7 |
| 21 – 30 | 42 | 14 |
| 31 – 40 | 52 | 17.3 |
| 41 – 50 | 74 | 24.6 |
| 51 – 60 | 58 | 19.3 |
| ≥ 61 | 54 | 17.9 |
| Duration of DM (in year) | ||
| <7 | 255 | 84.7 |
| ≥7 | 46 | 15.3 |
| Type of current DM therapy | ||
| Lente insulin | 189 | 62.8 |
| Glibenclamide | 55 | 18.3 |
| Metformin | 4 | 1.3 |
| Regular + lente insulin | 2 | 0.7 |