Table 3.
Treatment outcome by sex, address, age group and tuberculosis type, Gondar University Teaching Hospital, 2003-2008.
| Characteristics | Treatment outcomes | Total | ||||
|
Treatment success N(%) |
Transferred out N (%) |
Default N (%) |
Death N (%) |
Failure N (%) |
||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 577(27.0) | 921(43.0) | 411(19.2) | 226(10.6) | 5(0.2) | 2140 |
| Female | 604(32.5) | 759(40.8) | 319(17.2) | 177(9.5) | 1(0.1) | 1860 |
| Address | ||||||
| Urban | 867(42.0) | 590(28.6) | 379(18.4) | 222(10.8) | 4(0.2) | 2062 |
| Rural | 314(16.2) | 1090(56.2) | 351(18.1) | 181(9.3) | 2(0.1) | 1938 |
| Age group(years) | ||||||
| 0-14 | 168(22.5) | 439(58.8) | 106(14.2) | 34(4.6) | 0(0.0) | 747 |
| 15-24 | 373(41.4) | 310(34.4) | 151(16.8) | 64(7.1) | 3(0.3) | 901 |
| 25-34 | 334(29.2) | 433(37.9) | 236(20.7) | 138(12.1) | 1(0.1) | 1142 |
| 35-44 | 176(26.2) | 260(38.7) | 136(20.2) | 98(14.6) | 2(0.3) | 672 |
| 45-54 | 74(24.9) | 132(44.4) | 44(14.8) | 47(15.8) | 0(0.0) | 297 |
| 55-64 | 34(24.9) | 63(44.4) | 33(14.8) | 12(15.8) | 0(0.0) | 142 |
| ≥ 65 | 22(22.2) | 43(43.4) | 24(24.2) | 10(10.1) | 0(0.0) | 99 |
| Tuberculosis type | ||||||
| Smear positive pulmonary TB | 321(47.8) | 195(29.1) | 105(15.6) | 46(6.9) | 4(0.6) | 671 |
| Smear negative pulmonary TB | 564(25.7) | 987(44.9) | 404(18.4) | 239(10.9) | 2(0.1) | 2196 |
| Extrapulmonary TB | 296(26.1) | 498(44.0) | 221(19.5) | 118(10.4) | 0(0.0) | 1133 |
TB = tuberculosis, N = number