From: The epidemiology of tuberculosis in Phuentsholing General Hospital: a six-year retrospective study
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
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Tuberculosis in males (%) | 44 (47.1) | 49 (46.7) | 76 (57.1) | 63 (47.7) | 67 (54.0) | 70 (47.3) |
TB cases by different age groups (years) n (%) | ||||||
0-14 | 20 (21.5) | 19 (18.1) | 16 (12.0) | 12 (9.1) | 10 (8.1) | 14 (9.5) |
15-24 | 18 (19.4) | 31 (29.5) | 45 (33.8) | 46 (34.8) | 53 (42.7) | 54 (36.5) |
25-34 | 21 (22.6) | 25 (23.8) | 43 (32.3) | 36 (27.3) | 35 (28.2) | 50 (33.8) |
35-44 | 11 (11.8) | 11 (10.5) | 9 (6.8) | 15 (11.4) | 13 (10.5) | 11 (7.4) |
45-54 | 9 (9.7) | 9 (8.6) | 8 (6.0) | 13 (9.8) | 32 (2.4) | 6 (4.1) |
≥55 | 14 (15.1) | 10 (9.5) | 12 (9.0) | 10 (7.6) | 10 (8.1) | 13 (8.8) |
All forms of TB (n) | 93 | 105 | 133 | 132 | 124 | 148 |
SPPT (%) | 34 (36.6) | 45 (42.9) | 58 (43.6) | 73 (55.3) | 81 (65.3) | 90 (60.8) |
SNPT (%) | 24 (25.8) | 18 (17.1) | 35 (26.3) | 25 (18.9) | 7 (5.7) | 20 (13.5) |
EPT (%) | 35 (37.6) | 42 (40.0) | 40 (30.1) | 34 (25.8) | 36 (29.0) | 38 (25.7) |
Case definitions | ||||||
New cases (%) | 81 (87.4) | 68 (64.8) | 96 (72.2) | 84 (63.6) | 80 (64.5) | 103 (69.6) |
Relapse (%) | 2 (2.2) | 4 (3.8) | 2 (1.5) | 13 (9.9) | 13 (10.5) | 7 (4.7) |
Transfer in (%) | 9 (9.9) | 33 (31.4) | 30 (22.6) | 30 (22.7) | 24 (19.4) | 32 (21.6) |
Treatment after default (%) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.5) | 3 (2.3) | 1 (0.8) | 6 (4.1) |
Failure (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Others (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Unknown (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.5) | 1 (0.8) | 6 (4.8) | 0 (0) |