Variable

Age group

Frequency (n = 76)

Percent (%)

Sex

Males

43

56.6

Females

33

43.4

Position of index case in the family

1^st

18

23.7

2^nd

18

23.7

3^rd

11

14.5

4^th

9

11.8

5^th

9

11.8

Beyond 5^th

11

14.5

History of acute poisoning in the family

Yes

3

4.0

No

73

96.0

Religion

Islam

55

72.4

Christianity

21

27.6

Residential address

Urban

53

69.7

Rural

23

30.3

Family setting

Monogamous

46

60.5

Polygamous

30

39.5

Ethnicity

Fulani

27

17.2

Hausa

13

35.5

Tera

8

10.5

Kanuri

4

3.9

Tangale

3

5.2

Others

21

27.6