Table 1.

Main clinical characteristics and outcomes of admitted inpatients to HRF

	October 2009–February 2010		October 2012–February 2013		p-value
	N	%	N	%
Admissions	215	100	194	100
Gender
M	132	61	110	57	0.6
F	83	39	84	43
Mean Age (years)	39		32		0.9
Diagnosis of TB at admission (%)
New Diagnosis	175	81	167	86	0.2
Relapse	5	2	6	3
Not Known	35	17	21	11
Type of TB at admission
Pulmonary TB Smear +	100	47	122	63	0.1
Pulmonary TB Smear −	54	25	5	2
ExtraPulmonary TB	11	5	16	8
Other	50	23	52	27
HIV status
Positive	66	31	82	42	0.05
HIV1	40	19	49	25
HIV2	6	3	5	3
HIV1+2	20	9	28	14
Negative	92	43	104	54
Not done	57	26	8	4
On treatment	0	0	7	4
Deaths	46	21	12	6	0.001
In the first week	24/46	53	4/12	33
After the first week	22/46	47	8/12	67
Discharges	149		154		0.2
Death/Discharge Ratio	0.34		0.09		0.03