Table 2. Distribution of presentation and treatment characteristics of tuberculosis cases according to treatment outcome in Brazil—2001–2011.
| Characteristics | Cure % | Default % | Death from TB % | Death from other cause % | MRTB % | p value* | |
| TB form | Pulmonary (23,323) | 81 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | <0.001 |
| Extrapulmonary (2,484) | 74 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Pulmonary+Extrapulmonary (593) | 67 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Initial smear | Negative (5,366) | 78 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 0 | <0.001 |
| Positive (16,375) | 83 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Tuberculin skin test | Negative (1,258) | 77 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 0 | <0.001 |
| Positive (2,975) | 87 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Culture | Negative (1,377) | 84 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | <0.001 |
| Positive (2,582) | 81 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Histopathologic | Not suggestive (199) | 71 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0.001 |
| Suggestive (1,440) | 81 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| AFB positive (1,156) | 81 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | ||
| X-ray suspicious for TB | No (1,181) | 77 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 0 | <0.001 |
| Yes (22,038) | 80 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 2nd month smear | Negative (7,972) | 93 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | <0.001 |
| Positive (2,083) | 88 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| DOT | No (7,344) | 78 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | <0.001 |
| Yes (6,681) | 84 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Occupational | No (16,496) | 80 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | <0.001 |
| Yes (485) | 86 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Treatment type | New case (22,712) | 82 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | <0.001 |
| Relapse(1,555) | 73 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Return after default (746) | 52 | 31 | 7 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Unknown (86) | 35 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Transferred of treatment center (1,301) | 78 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | ||
AFB: acid fast bacilli; DOT: directly observed therapy; MDR TB: multidrug resistant tuberculosis; TB: tuberculosis.
*Pearson chi-square test.