| Characteristics | Number | Percentage | |
| Age | <50 years | 34 | 69.39 |
| >50 years | 15 | 30.61 | |
| Sex | Male | 43 | 87.76 |
| Female | 6 | 12.24 | |
| Place of origin | Bujumbura Mairie | 19 | 38.78 |
| Other Province | 30 | 61.22 | |
| Profession | Forced labour (farmers, bricklayers, carpenters, mechanics) | 37 | 75.51 |
| Other professions | 12 | 24.49 | |
| Healthfacility | CHUK | 33 | 67.35 |
| Otherfacilities | 16 | 32.65 | |
| Clinic | Pain | 49 | 100.00 |
| Nausea | 49 | 100.00 | |
| Vomiting | 43 | 87.76 | |
| Stoppingmatter and gas | 29 | 59.18 | |
| Type of hernia complication | Strangulation | 44 | 89.80 |
| Involvement | 5 | 10.20 |