TABLE 1.
Characteristics of participants screened in the community during SWEEP-TB Daru, June to November 2023.
| Characteristic | (n = 3,159)* |
|---|---|
| n (%) | |
| Sex | |
| Female | 1,607 (51) |
| Male | 1,552 (49) |
| Age group, years | |
| 0–4 | 402 (13) |
| 5–14 | 825 (26) |
| 15–24 | 522 (17) |
| 25–34 | 474 (15) |
| 35–54 | 665 (21) |
| 55+ | 266 (8) |
| Unknown | 5 (0.2) |
| Nutritional assessment | |
| Normal | 1,850 (59) |
| Moderate | 290 (9.2) |
| Severe | 10 (1.0) |
| Overweight | 219 (6.9) |
| Unknown | 734 (23) |
| BCG vaccination | |
| Yes | 3,080 (97) |
| No | 16 (1) |
| Unknown | 63 (2) |
| History of TB treatment | |
| Yes | 268 (9) |
| No | 2,844 (90) |
| Unknown | 47 (1) |
| History of TPT | |
| Yes | 37 (1) |
| No | 3,037 (96) |
| Unknown | 85 (3) |
| Contact with known case | |
| Yes | 418 (13) |
| No | 2,741 (87) |
| Reported one or more symptoms | |
| Yes | 328 (10) |
| No | 2,831 (90) |
*
Excludes 104 participants with incomplete data entry at the time.
SWEEP-TB = Systematic Island-Wide Engagement & Elimination Project for TB; BCG = bacille Calmette-Guerin; TPT = TB preventive therapy.