Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of TB cases (n = 769) in Northern Ethiopia, 2012–2016
From: Time to death and risk factors among tuberculosis patients in Northern Ethiopia
Variable | Type of TB | All TB cases (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
SPPTB (%) | SNPTB (%) | EPTB (%) | ||
Gender | ||||
Male | 80 (18.0) | 120 (27.0) | 245 (55.1) | 445 (57.9) |
Female | 42 (13.0) | 79 (24.4) | 203 (62.7) | 324 (42.1) |
Age (mean ± SD) in years [35.1 ± 16.9] | ||||
≤ 14 | 0 (0.0) | 4 (9.3) | 39 (90.7) | 43 (5.6) |
15–24 | 33 (20.4) | 42 (25.9) | 87 (53.7) | 162 (21.1) |
25–34 | 53 (26.1) | 37 (18.2) | 113 (55.7) | 203 (26.4) |
35–44 | 26 (14.4) | 43 (23.8) | 112 (61.9) | 181 (23.5) |
45–54 | 3 (4.3) | 28 (40.6) | 38 (55.1) | 69 (9.0) |
55–64 | 0 (0.0) | 11 (35.3) | 20 (64.5) | 31 (4.0) |
≥ 65 | 7 (8.8) | 34 (42.5) | 39 (48.8) | 80 (10.4) |
Residence | ||||
Rural | 9 (8.8) | 17 (16.7) | 76 (74.5) | 102 (13.3) |
Urban | 113 (16.9) | 182 (27.3) | 372 (55.8) | 667 (86.7) |
HIV status | ||||
Non-reactive | 82 (17.3) | 141 (29.7) | 251 (53.0) | 474 (61.6) |
Reactive | 40 (13.6) | 58 (19.7) | 197 (66.8) | 295 (38.4) |
Year of treatment | ||||
2012 | 4 (7.3) | 25 (45.5) | 26 (47.3) | 55 (7.2) |
2013 | 76 (19.9) | 101 (26.5) | 204 (53.5) | 381 (49.5) |
2014 | 31 (17.1) | 34 (18.8) | 116 (64.1) | 181 (23.5) |
2015 | 8 (7.0) | 32 (28.1) | 74 (64.9) | 114 (14.8) |
2016 | 3 (7.9) | 7 (18.4) | 28 (73.7) | 38 (4.9) |
Body weight at initial stage of treatment | ||||
≤ 14 | 0 (0.0) | 2 (5.9) | 32 (94.1) | 34 (4.4) |
15–34 | 3 (8.3) | 21 (58.3) | 12 (33.3) | 36 (4.7) |
35–44 | 38 (19.0) | 59 (29.5) | 103 (51.5) | 200 (26.0) |
45–54 | 57 (16.3) | 78 (22.3) | 215 (61.4) | 350 (45.5) |
≥ 55 | 24 (16.1) | 39 (26.2) | 86 (57.7) | 149 (19.4) |
CPT | ||||
No | 11 (15.1) | 18 (24.7) | 44 (60.3) | 73 (9.5) |
Yes | 29 (12.9) | 44 (19.6) | 152 (67.6) | 225 (29.3) |
Not candidate | 82 (17.4) | 137 (29.1) | 252 (53.5) | 471 (61.2) |
ART | ||||
Yes | 29 (15.0) | 37 (19.2) | 127 (65.8) | 193 (25.1) |
No | 9 (11.4) | 21 (25.6) | 52 (63.4) | 82 (10.7) |
Non-reactive | 84 (17.1) | 141 (28.7) | 266 (54.2) | 494 (64.2) |
Patients category | ||||
New | 108 (15.3) | 178 (25.2) | 421 (59.5) | 707 (91.9) |
Relapse/failure/default | 8 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (1.0) |
Transfer in | 6 (31.6) | 9 (47.4) | 4 (21.1) | 19 (2.5) |
Others | 0 (0.0) | 12 (34.3) | 23 (65.7) | 35 (4.6) |