Table 1. Time from diagnosis to initiation of TB treatment in patients with smear positive TB under RNTCP, during July–Sept 2010, in Bardhaman (West Bengal) and Nalgonda (Andhra Pradesh) districts.

Number of days	Number of patients (%)
0 to 7	1316 (65)
8 to 14	449(22)
15 to 21	123(6)
Above 21	139(7)
Total	2027(100)