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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study patients (N = 451)

From: Diagnoses from lung specimen collected through flexible bronchoscopy from patients in a tertiary hospital in Dar es Salaam Tanzania: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Number

Percentage

Sex

 Male

269

59.6

 Female

182

40.4

Age

 18–29

34

7.5

 30–39

50

11.1

 40–49

84

18.6

 50–59

102

22.6

 60+

181

40.1

Marital Status n = 196a

 Single

30

15.3

 Married

138

70.4

 Widowed

18

9.2

 Widower

10

5.1

Education Level n = 148a

 Primary School

68

45.9

 Secondary School

38

25.7

 College or above

25

16.9

 No Formal Education

17

11.5

Residence n = 270a

 Dar es Salaam

154

57.0

 Outside Dar

116

43.0

  1. aParticipants whose information on marital status, residency and/or education level were available in archives