Table 3.
Percent quarterly change in proportion of default TB treatment outcomes stratified by province, Tracer vs. Non-Tracer subdistricts, Q1 2007-Q1 2009, South Africa
|
Province |
Tracer |
Non-Tracer |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterly change in default,%† | 95% CI | P-value | Quarterly change in default,%† | 95% CI | P-value | |
| Eastern Cape |
−0.009 |
(−0.025, 0.008) |
0.29 |
0.030 |
(0.007, 0.053) |
0.01 |
| Free State |
0.008 |
(−0.031, 0.048) |
0.65 |
−0.026 |
(−0.060, 0.008) |
0.12 |
| Gauteng |
−0.005 |
(−0.026, 0.015) |
0.57 |
−0.020 |
(−0.049, 0.009) |
0.17 |
| Kwazulu-Natal |
−0.032 |
(−0.053, -0.009) |
<0.01 |
−0.027 |
(−0.053, -0.002) |
0.04 |
| Limpopo |
−0.003 |
(−0.043, 0.036) |
0.86 |
0.059 |
(0.015, 0.102) |
0.01 |
| Mpumalanga |
−0.060 |
(−0.096, -0.024) |
<0.01 |
0.009 |
(−0.027, 0.046) |
0.60 |
| Northern Cape |
−0.191 |
(−0.270, -0.112) |
<0.001 |
−0.025 |
(−0.099, 0.049) |
0.48 |
| Northwest |
−0.055 |
(−0.079, -0.031) |
<0.001 |
0.017 |
(−0.011, 0.045) |
0.22 |
| Western Cape | 0.002 | (−0.041, 0.046) | 0.91 | −0.023 | (−0.039, -0.007) | <0.01 |
†Calculations of percent quarterly change included all smear positive TB patients registered with treatment outcome data in the ETR.