Variable

Frequency

Percentage %

Knowledge of kidney disease

Yes

387

95.1

Source of knowledge

Doctors

113

29.4

Nurse

39

10.2

Friends

56

14.6

Media

111

28.9

Relatives

50

13.0

School

15

3.9

Know patient with kidney disease

Yes

283

69.0

Outcome of the patient

Dead

68

24.0

Alive

215

76.0

Location of kidneys

No idea

17

4.2

Abdomen

175

43.3

Head

1

0.3

Chest

211

52.2

No of kidneys

No idea

1

0.3

One

8

2.0

Two

382

97.2

Three

2

0.5

Functions of kidney

Urine formation

384

94.6

Waste excretion

369

90.4

Calcium and phosphate regulation

287

79.5

Aid blood production

281

70.1