Table 2. Socio demographic characteristics of TB patients.

Characteristics	Subcategory	number (%)
Mean age (yrs)		32.8
Sex (n = 189)	Male	142 (75.1)
	Female	47 (24.9)
Smoking (n = 173)	Yes	90 (52.0)
	No	83 (48.0)
Area (n = 171)	Rural	96 (56.1)
	Urban	75 (43.9)
Age (n = 189)	<45 yrs	148 (78.3)
	≥45 yrs	41 (21.7)
Occupation (n = 166)	Unemployed	24 (14.5)
	Self employed	74 (44.6)
	Service	34 (20.5)
	Business	10 (6.0)
	Housewife	24 (14.5)
Income (n = 120)	≤3000 TK	84 (70)
	>3000 TK	36 (30)
Educational status (n = 175)	Illiterate	39 (22.3)
	Secondary	114 (65.1)
	Higher	22 (12.6)
History of TB contact (n = 179)	Yes	61 (34.1)
	No	118 (65.9)
Presence of TB patient in family (n = 171)	Yes	17 (9.9)
	No	154 (90.1)
Previous history of TB Rx (n = 161)	Completed	66 (41)
	Not Completed	95 (59)