Table 5.

Trend analysis of TB and DR-TB cases and diagnostic methods over time.

Subgroup	Mann–Kendall test for trend tau value	Sen's slope estimates	p-value
Total TB cases
Historical	0.515	965 [167–1929]	0.024
Historical + Forecasted	0.608	807 [535–1061]	0.0004
DR-TB cases
Historical	0.758	147 [48–227]	0.0007
Historical + Forecasted	0.830	103 [55–125]	<0.0001
DS-TB cases
Historical	0.909	3598 [2703–4376]	<0.0001
Historical + Forecasted	0.922	2697 [2139–3126]	<0.0001
Phenotypic DS testing
Historical	0.848	1236 [715–1753]	0.0001
Historical + Forecasted	0.935	1127 [873–1155]	<0.0001
MTB culture testing
Historical	0.758	1126 [577–1517]	0.0008
Historical + Forecasted	0.765	759 [584–918]	<0.0001
Smear microscopy testing
Historical	−0.515	−771 [(−1520) to (−142)]	0.024
Historical + Forecasted	−0.621	−537 [(−654) to (−308)]	0.0003

This table presents the results of the Mann–Kendall test for trend analysis across different categories of Tuberculosis (TB) cases and associated diagnostic methods. Sen's Slope Estimates provide the estimated yearly change, with the range in square brackets indicating the 95% confidence interval. Statistical significance was indicated by a p-value lower than 0.05 and depicted in bold. Abbreviations: TB, Tuberculosis; DR-TB, Drug-resistant TB; DS-TB, Drug-susceptible; DS, Drug-sensitivity; MTB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis.