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. 2023 Aug 24;23:418. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-04240-6

Table 2.

National and regional cumulative incidence of bacteriologically confirmed childhood pulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia by age group and sex from August 2017 to January 2019 (N = 99)

Region HF report Regional and National
Total under 15 children
Age group Under 15 children by sex
0–4 5–9 10–14 Male Female
Population Total cumulative new Cases cases per 105 population cases cases per 105 population Cases cases per 105 population Cases cases per 105 population cases cases per 105 population cases cases per 105
National 62/199 1,945,009 99 5.1 704,762 5 0.71 648,490 15 2.31 591,758 79 13.35 985,949 48 4.87 959,062 51 5.32
Tigray 2/10 81,506 2 2.45 28,771 0 0 26,972 0 0 25,764 2 7.76 41,415 2 4.83 40,089 0 0
Amhara 6/39 321,109 8 2.49 89,952 2 2.22 87,898 1 1.14 85,625 5 5.84 133,281 4 3 130,210 4 3.1
Oromia 31/80 841,750 44 5.23 302,806 2 0.66 275,682 6 2.2 263,262 36 13.67 426,286 19 4.5 415,464 25 6.02
Somali 1/2 25,417 2 7.87 10,392 0 0 9274 0 0 5751 2 34.8 13,071 0 0 12,346 1 8.1
SNNPR 18/44 456,314 37 8.1 162,904 1 0.61 146,554 8 5.46 146,857 28 19.16 230,206 21 9.12 226,108 16 7.16
Gambella 1/2 8638 1 11.57 3071 0 0 2849 0 0 2719 1 37 4438 0 0 4201 1 24
Harari 1/2 15,954 1 6.3 5512 0 0 5295 0 0 5147 1 19.43 8,150 0 0 7,803 1 12.82
Addis Ababa 2/11 90,111 4 4.44 37,640 0 0 31,878 0 0 20,594 4 19.42 44,952 2 4.45 45,153 2 4.43

Abbreviations: HF = Health Facility; SNNPR = Southern Nations Nationalities & Peoples Region