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Table 3 Anti-TB treatment outcomes for five consecutive years stratified by selected background characteristics (n = 4275)

From: Adherence to Anti-tuberculosis treatment and treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients in Alamata District, northeast Ethiopia

Characteristics

Possible values

Treatment outcomes, n (%)

Cured

Treatment completed

Died

Treatment failure

Defaulted

Transfer out

Sex

Male

312 (12.4)

1951 (77.4)

70 (2.7)

8 (0.3)

49 (2.0)

132 (5.2)

Female

179 (10.2)

1411 (80.5)

56 (3.2)

5 (0.3)

27 (1.5)

75 (4.3)

Age

0–14

20 (3.5)

495 (87.6)

13 (2.3)

0 (0.0)

10 (1.8)

27 (4.8)

15–24

164 (16.0)

776 (75.8)

15 (1.5)

5 (0.5)

19 (1.8)

45 (4.4)

25–34

137 (13.5)

764 (75.4)

34 (3.4)

4 (0.4)

18 (1.8)

56 (5.5)

35–44

83 (12.0)

540 (77.5)

26 (3.7)

3 (0.4)

15 (2.1)

30 (4.3)

45+

87 (8.9)

787 (80.6)

38 (4.0)

1 (0.1)

14 (1.4)

49 (5.0)

Residence

Urban

251 (12.2)

1628 (79.3)

64 (3.2)

9 (0.4)

29 (1.4)

72 (3.5)

Rural

240 (10.8)

1734 (78.0)

62 (2.8)

4 (0.2)

47 (2.1)

135 (6.1)

Form of TB

Smear positive PTB

491 (83.4)

0 (0.0)

30 (5.1)

13 (2.2)

16 (2.7)

39 (6.6)

Smear negative PTB

–

1118 (89.5)

52 (4.2)

–

27 (2.2)

52 (4.2)

EPTB

–

2244 (92.0)

44 (1.8)

–

33 (1.4)

116 (4.8)

Treatment history

New cases

454 (10.9)

3313 (79.5)

117 (2.8)

7 (0.2)

71 (1.7)

203 (4.9)

Retreatment cases

37 (33.6)

49 (44.5)

9 (8.3)

6 (5.5)

5 (4.5)

4 (3.6)

HIV status

Positive

90 (15.3)

406 (69.2)

39 (6.6)

3 (0.5)

10 (1.7)

39 (6.7)

Negative

244 (10.7)

1813 (79.8)

45 (2.0)

6 (0.3)

50 (2.2)

114 (5.0)

Unknown

157 (11.0)

1143 (80.7)

42 (3.0)

4 (0.3)

16 (1.2)

54 (3.8)

Year of enrollment

2007

81 (12.6)

514 (80.0)

21 (3.3)

2 (0.3)

5 (0.8)

19 (3.0)

2008

81 (9.6)

673 (80.1)

33 (4.0)

1 (0.1)

10 (1.2)

42 (5.0)

2009

87 (9.8)

713 (79.9)

20 (2.2)

1 (0.1)

15 (1.7)

56 (6.3)

2010

107 (13.4)

603 (75.6)

19 (2.4)

1 (0.1)

14 (1.7)

54 (6.8)

2011

102 (12.9)

614 (77.7)

23 (2.9)

7 (0.9)

17 (2.2)

27 (3.4)

2012

33 (10.5)

245 (78.3)

10 (3.2)

1 (0.3)

15 (4.8)

9 (2.9)

Health facilities

Alamata hospital

248 (10.1)

1929 (78.8)

60 (2.4)

5 (0.2)

44 (1.8)

164 (6.7)

Alamata HC

139 (15.4)

725 (80.5)

13 (1.4)

1 (.1)

4 (0.5)

19 (2.1)

Garjale HC

24 (7.6)

257 (81.9)

13 (4.1)

0 (.0)

13 (4.1)

7 (2.3)

Timuga HC

59 (12.4)

351 (73.7)

31 (6.5)

7 (1.5)

13 (2.7)

15 (3.2)

Selen whua HC

21 (15.7)

100 (74.6)

9 (6.7)

0 (0.0)

2 (1.5)

2 (1.5)