Table 3.
Serial sputum sample results by year of examination, Eastern Ethiopia
|
Serial sputum sample results |
Year of examination |
Total |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007/08 no. (%) | 2008/09 no. (%) | 2009/10 no. (%) | 2010/11 no. (%) | 2011/12 no. (%) | ||
| Three positive smears |
53 (21.0) |
48 (18.8) |
52 (20.6) |
49 (19.2) |
42 (16.7) |
244 (19.3) |
| Two positive smears |
2 (0.8) |
9 (3.5) |
7 (2.7) |
10 (3.9) |
5 (2.0) |
33 (2.6) |
| One positive smear |
1 (0.4) |
3 (1.2) |
2 (0.8) |
0 (0) |
7 (2.8) |
13 (1.0) |
| Negative smears |
196 (77.8) |
195 (76.5) |
191 (75.6) |
196 (76.9) |
198 (78.6) |
976 (77.1) |
| Total | 252 (19.9) | 255 (20.1) | 252 (19.9) | 255 (20.1) | 252 (19.9) | 1266 (100) |