Table 7. Factors associated with death of PTB patients, October 2013 to May 2015, West Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia.

Variables	Number	Death (%)	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Total delay
≤ 60 days	354	10 (2.8)	1.00	1.00
> 60 days	351	18 (5.1)	1.84 (0.83–4.08)	1.62 (0.64–4.12)
Sex
Male	423	19 (4.5)	1.00	1.00
Female	282	9 (3.2)	0.69 (0.30–1.56)	0.35 (0.11–1.11)
Age
15–24	197	3 (1.5)	1.00	1.00
25–44	291	12 (4.1)	2.80 (0.78–10.11)	1.33 (0.23–7.66)
≥45	217	13 (5.9)	4.18 (1.16–15.03)*	2.97 (0.47–18.82)
Place of residence
Urban	271	12 (4.4)	1.00	1.00
Rural	434	16 (3.7)	0.84 (0.39–1.84)	1.00 (0.31–3.26)
Occupation
Housewife	39	4 (10.3)	1.00	1.00
Farmer	327	14 (4.3)	0.39 (0.12–1.30)	0.45 (0.56–3.51)
Day laborer	81	3 (3.7)	0.33 (0.69–1.58)	0.05 (0.01–0.46)
Others	258	7 (2.7)	0.24 (0.66–0.89)	0.11 (0.18–0.69)
Education
Literate	295	9 (3.0)	1.00	1.00
Not literate	410	19 (4.6)	1.56 (0.69–3.53)	1.53 (0.41–5.63)
Marital status
Married	386	17 (4.4)	1.00	1.00
Single	205	5 (2.4)	0.54 (0.19–1.51)	1.94 (0.57–6.55)
Divorced/ Widowed	114	6 (5.3)	1.16 (0.44–3.06)	0.99 (0.34–2.91)
HIV sero-status
Positive	82	13 (15.9)	8.52 (3.71–19.57)*	21.74 (6.35–74.42)*
Negative	615	14 (2.3)	1.00	1.00
Monthly family income (Birr)b
No regular income	248	11 (4.4)	1.00	1.00
1–400	109	5 (4.6)	1.01 (0.34–3.03)	0.74 (0.16–3.44)
401–800	84	4 (4.8)	1.07 (0.33–3.51)	0.63 (0.10–3.80)
≥ 801	264	8 (3.0)	0.68 (0.26–1.73)	0.42 (0.85–2.13)
Knowledge of TB
Good	351	11 (3.1)	1.00	1.00
Poor	354	17 (4.8)	1.56 (0.71–3.41)	1.27 (0.46–3.50)
Forms of TB
Smear-positive PTB	333	8 (2.4)	1.00
Smear-negative PTB	372	20 (5.4)	2.43 (1.04–5.66)*	2.24 (0.85–5.92)
Distance to the nearest health facility
≤ 2hrs	670	27 (4.0)	1.00	1.00
˃ 2hrs	35	1 (2.9)	0.79 (0.09–6.26)	0.81 (0.85–7.53)

*P ≤ 0.05, OR: Odds ratio, PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis, CI: confidence interval,

^b 1 USD = 22.00 Ethiopian Birr