Table 1.
Treatment outcome of new tuberculosis patients by registered year, Guangzhou, 1993–2002
| Registered year | Cured | Completed treatment | Died | Failure | Defaulted treatment | Transferred Out | Total |
| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | ||
| 1993 | 355(52.1) | 161(23.6) | 22(3.2) | 29(4.3) | 111(16.3) | 3(0.4) | 681 |
| 1994 | 258(37.7) | 289(42.3) | 12(1.8) | 28(4.1) | 88(12.9) | 9(1.3) | 684 |
| 1995 | 228(32.9) | 354(51.2) | 11(1.6) | 29(4.2) | 69(10.0) | 1(0.1) | 692 |
| 1996 | 286(40.5) | 374(52.9) | 24(3.4) | 10(1.4) | 10(1.4) | 3(0.4) | 707 |
| 1997 | 312(41.3) | 388(51.4) | 25(3.3) | 14(1.9) | 13(1.7) | 3(0.4) | 755 |
| 1998 | 313(46.4) | 321(47.6) | 26(3.9) | 5(0.7) | 10(1.5) | 0(0.0) | 675 |
| 1999 | 251(40.8) | 317(51.5) | 21(3.4) | 8(1.3) | 16(2.6) | 2(0.3) | 615 |
| 2000 | 248(39.7) | 331(53.0) | 9(1.4) | 13(2.1) | 20(3.2) | 3(0.5) | 624 |
| 2001 | 270(41.7) | 313(48.4) | 19(2.9) | 26(4.0) | 19(2.9) | 0(0.0) | 647 |
| 2002 | 242(36.5) | 326(49.2) | 17(2.6) | 27(4.1) | 45(6.8) | 6(0.9) | 663 |
| Total | 2763(41.0) | 3174(47.1) | 186(2.8) | 189(2.8) | 401(5.9) | 30(0.4) | 6743 |