Table 1.
Epidemiological characteristics of patients with tuberculosis pleurisy in Zhejiang Province from 2017 to 2021 (N=11,531).
| Characteristic | Patients, n (%) | |
| Sex | ||
|
|
Male | 7901 (68.52) |
|
|
Female | 3630 (31.48) |
| Age group (years) | ||
|
|
0-18 | 74 (0.64) |
|
|
19-59 | 6359 (55.15) |
|
|
≥60 | 5098 (44.21) |
| City | ||
|
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Hangzhou | 2319 (20.11) |
|
|
Jinhua | 1452 (12.59) |
|
|
Ningbo | 1393 (12.08) |
|
|
Wenzhou | 1294 (11.22) |
|
|
Taizhou | 1259 (10.92) |
|
|
Shaoxing | 1078 (9.35) |
|
|
Quzhou | 858 (7.44) |
|
|
Jiaxing | 674 (5.85) |
|
|
Huzhou | 582 (5.05) |
|
|
Lishui | 506 (4.39) |
|
|
Zhoushan | 116 (1.00) |
| Case finding | ||
|
|
Passive finding | 11,513 (99.84) |
|
|
Active finding | 18 (0.16) |
| Treatment history | ||
|
|
Initial treatment | 11,326 (98.22) |
|
|
Retreatment | 205 (1.78) |
| Anti – tuberculosis pleurisy treatment | ||
|
|
Yes | 11,523 (99.93) |
|
|
No | 8 (0.07) |
| Time of delay in seeking medical treatment (days) | ||
|
|
0-14 | 5214 (45.22) |
|
|
15-29 | 2968 (25.74) |
|
|
30-44 | 1569 (13.61) |
|
|
45-59 | 503 (4.36) |
|
|
≥60 | 1261 (10.94) |
|
|
Unknown | 16 (0.14) |
| Time of delay in diagnosis in the health system (days) | ||
|
|
0-14 | 10,069 (87.32) |
|
|
15-29 | 773 (6.70) |
|
|
30-44 | 302 (2.62) |
|
|
45-59 | 122 (1.06) |
|
|
≥60 | 237 (2.06) |
|
|
Unknown | 28 (0.24) |
| Interval between diagnosis of tuberculosis pleurisy and end of treatment (days) | ||
|
|
0-180 | 734 (6.37) |
|
|
181-270 | 795 (6.89) |
|
|
≥271 | 9949 (86.28) |
|
|
Unknown | 53 (0.46) |
| Treatment outcome | ||
|
|
Treatment completed | 10,422 (90.38) |
|
|
Death | 203 (1.76) |
|
|
Cure | 242 (2.10) |
|
|
Changes in diagnosis | 204 (1.77) |
|
|
Failure | 14 (0.13) |
|
|
Adverse reactions | 122 (1.06) |
|
|
Transfer to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis pleurisy treatment | 10 (0.09) |
|
|
Others | 314 (2.73) |