Table 2.
Trends of treatment outcome and tuberculosis type across the years for all cases of tuberculosis, Gondar University Teaching Hospital, 2003-2008.
| Treatment outcome & tuberculosis type | Years |
Total N (%) |
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|
Sept.2003 - Aug.2004 N (%) |
Sept.2004 - Aug.2005 N (%) |
Sept.2005 -Aug.2006 N (%) |
Sept.2006 - Aug.2007 N (%) |
Sept.2007 - May 2008 N (%) |
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| Treatment outcomes | ||||||
| Treatment success | 321(30.5) | 200(28.9) | 390(35.3) | 213(34.3) | 57(10.7) | 1181(29.5) |
| Transferred out | 488(46.4) | 317(45.9) | 431(39.0) | 226(36.4) | 218(41.0) | 1680(42.0) |
| Default | 97(9.2) | 81(11.7) | 165(14.9) | 159(25.6) | 228(42.9) | 730(18.3) |
| Death | 146(13.9) | 93(13.5) | 116(10.5) | 21(3.4) | 27(5.1) | 403(10.1) |
| Failure | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 2(0.2) | 2(0.3) | 2(0.4) | 6(0.2) |
| Tuberculosis types | ||||||
| Smear positive pulmonary TB | 172(16.3) | 109 (15.8) | 189(17.1) | 111(17.9) | 90(16.9) | 671(16.8) |
| Smear negative pulmonary TB | 583(55.5) | 374(54.1) | 601(54.4) | 351 (56.5) | 287(53.9) | 2196(54.9) |
| Extrapulmonary TB | 297(28.2) | 208(30.1) | 314(28.4) | 159(25.6) | 155 (29.1) | 1133(28.3) |
TB = tuberculosis, Sept = September, Aug = August, N = number