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Table 3 Treatment outcome of smear positive pulmonary TB cases in Somalia region from 2004 to 2013

From: Directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS) for treatment of new tuberculosis cases in Somali Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia: ten years retrospective study

Year

Registered (N)

Evaluated (N)

Cure (%)

Treatment completed (%)

Treatment success (%)

Death (%)

Failure (%)

Default (%)

Transfer

out (%)

2013

769

769

86.2

4.0

90.2

2.9

0.6

2.3

4

2012

1439

1439

87.0

3.8

90.8

3.0

0.5

2.7

3.0

2011

1495

1304

85.0

4.0

89.0

3.1

0.5

3.5

4.1

2010

1406

1364

80.8

6.7

87.5

5.0

0.7

4.5

2.1

2009

1249

859

81.8

3.6

85.4

5.8

0.0

4.9

3.8

2008

1381

1307

78.2

6.3

84.5

4.7

1.2

4.7

4.7

2007

1166

1166

82.6

2.4

85.0

4.8

1.0

4.8

4.4

2006

1289

1166

82.6

2.4

85.0

4.8

1.3

4.5

4.4

2005

1370

1370

72.1

1.0

73.1

5.5

0.8

5.5

5.2

2004

1297

1297

82.9

1.5

84.4

5.4

1.1

4.7

4.3

Total

12,861

12,041

81.9

3.6

85.5

4.5

0.8

4.2

4.0