Table 2.
Number of new tuberculosis patients by patient characteristics and treatment outcome, Guangzhou, 1993–2002
| Cured | Completed treatment | Died | Failure | Defaulted treatment | Transferred Out | Total | |
| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | ||
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 2037(41.5) | 2127(45.4) | 153(3.1) | 153(3.1) | 309(6.3) | 24(0.5) | 4903 |
| Female | 726(39.5) | 947(51.5) | 33(1.8) | 36(2.0) | 92(5.0) | 6(0.3) | 1840 |
| Age group(yrs) | |||||||
| 0–14 | 12(15.0) | 63(78.8) | 1(1.3) | 0(0.0) | 4(5.0) | 0(0.0) | 80 |
| 15–39 | 1325(45.1) | 1370(46.6) | 5(0.2) | 71(2.4) | 154(5.2) | 13(0.4) | 2938 |
| 40–64 | 936(41.6) | 1064(47.3) | 49(2.2) | 64(2.8) | 133(5.9) | 4(0.2) | 2250 |
| 65+ | 490(33.2) | 677(45.9) | 131(8.9) | 54(3.7) | 110(7.5) | 13(0.9) | 1475 |
| Cavitations | |||||||
| No | 1684(36.4) | 2452(53.0) | 107(2.3) | 81(1.8) | 279(6.0) | 23(0.5) | 4626 |
| Yes | 1079(51.0) | 722(34.1) | 79(3.7) | 108(5.1) | 122(5.8) | 7(0.3) | 2117 |
| Compliance with treatment | |||||||
| No | 13(2.1) | 23(3.8) | 94(15.5) | 86(14.2) | 368(60.6) | 23(3.8) | 607 |
| Yes | 2750(44.8) | 3151(51.4) | 92(1.5) | 103(1.7) | 33(0.5) | 7(0.1) | 6136 |