Table 2.
Distribution of treatment outcomes of registered TB patients (n=1280) by socio-demographic and disease characteristics in DebreBerhanHospital, Jan. 2009 to Dec. 2013.
| Treatment outcome | ||||
| Variables | Categories | Favorable outcome N (%) |
Unfavorable outcome N (%) |
Total n (%) |
| Sex | Male | 511(78.7) | 138(21.3) | 649(100) |
| Female | 505(80) | 126(20) | 631(100) | |
| Residence of patients | Urban | 753(81) | 177(19) | 930(100) |
| Rural | 263(75.1) | 87(24.9) | 350(100) | |
| Age category | 0–14 | 108(76.6) | 33(23.4) | 141(100) |
| 15–24 | 278(79.2) | 73(20.8) | 351(100) | |
| 25–34 | 277(81.2) | 64(18.8) | 341(100) | |
| 35–44 | 176(81.9) | 39(18.1) | 215(100) | |
| 45–54 | 91(77.8) | 26(22.2) | 117(100) | |
| 55–64 | 52(76.5) | 16(23.5) | 68(100) | |
| ≥65 | 34(72.3) | 13(27.7) | 47(100) | |
| Category of TB patients | New TB cases | 950(79.8) | 240(20.2) | 1190(100) |
| Relapse Cases | 22(84.6) | 4(15.4) | 26(100) | |
| Treatment after Failure |
0 | 2(100) | 2(100) | |
| Return after default | 3(60) | 2(40) | 5(100) | |
| Transfer in | 16(72.7) | 6(27.3) | 22(100) | |
| Other | 25(71.4) | 10(28.6) | 35(100) | |
| Type of TB | PTB+ | 309(81.5) | 70(18.5) | 379(100) |
| PTB− | 567(78.3) | 157(21.7) | 724(100) | |
| EPTB | 140(79) | 37(21) | 177(100) |