Table 4. Comparison of age, gender and TB type in registered TB patients between different sources of TB reporting using Chi-square test .
| Variable | Source of reporting | Total (%) | |||
| PHO (%) | PHS (%) | Private (%) | Social security (%) | ||
| Age | |||||
| <60 year | 62 (32.0) | 88 (45.4) | 35 (18.0) | 9 (4.6) | 194 (100) |
| >61 year | 54 (23.1) | 127 (54.3) | 41 (17.5) | 12 (5.1) | 234 (100) |
| P-value | - | 0.029 | 0.316 | 0.371 | - |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 49 (24.1) | 111 (54.7) | 30 (14.8) | 13 (6.4) | 203 (100) |
| Female | 67 (29.8) | 104 (46.2) | 46 (20.4) | 8 (3.6) | 225 (100) |
| P-value | - | 0.103 | 0.703 | 0.096 | - |
| Type of TB | |||||
| Smear-Positive | 27 (15.3) | 113 (63.8) | 26 (14.7) | 11 (6.2) | 177 (100) |
| Non-positive* | 89 (35.5) | 102 (40.6) | 50 (19.9) | 10 (4.0) | 251 (100) |
| P-value | - | 0.001 | 0.097 | 0.006 | - |
| Total | 116 (27.1) | 215 (50.2) | 76 (17.8) | 21 (4.9) | 428 (100) |
Abbreviation: PHO; Public Health system Outpatient, PHS; Public Health System hospital, TB; Tuberculosis.
*Non-positive= smear-negative & extra pulmonary. *PHO considered as reference group.