Table 2.
Patients characteristics and type of TB at Debre Tabor Health Center, 2008–2013.
| Variables | Type of TB | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smear positive PTB (%) | Smear negative PTB (%) | EPTB (%) | Total (%) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 55 (28.0) | 71 (36.0) | 71 (36.0) | 197 (58.1) |
| Female | 39 (27.5) | 42 (29.6) | 61 (43.0) | 142 (41.9) |
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 52 (25.2) | 70 (34) | 84 (40.8) | 206 (60.8) |
| Rural | 42 (31.6) | 43 (32.3) | 48 (36.1) | 133 (39.2) |
| Age group | ||||
| ≤24 | 24 (23.5) | 31 (30.4) | 47 (46.1) | 102 (30.1) |
| 25–44 | 49 (35.0) | 42 (30.0) | 49 (35.0) | 140 (41.3) |
| ≥45 | 21 (21.6) | 40 (41.2) | 36 (37.1) | 97 (28.6) |
| HIV status | ||||
| Positive | 7 (16.3) | 14 (32.6) | 22 (51.2) | 43 (12.7) |
| Negative | 60 (30.0) | 63 (31.5) | 77 (38.5) | 200 (59.0) |
| Unknown | 27 (28.1) | 36 (37.5) | 33 (34.4) | 96 (28.3) |
| Patient category | ||||
| New | 80 (26.5) | 101 (33.4) | 121 (40.1) | 302 (89.1) |
| Relapse | 11 (84.6) | 2 (15.4) | 0 (00.0) | 13 (3.8) |
| Failure | 2 (100%) | 0 (00.0) | 0 (00.0) | 2 (0.6) |
| Transferred in | 1 (5.6) | 9 (50.0) | 8 (44.4) | 18 (5.3) |
| Unknown | 0 (00.0) | 1 (25.0) | 3 (75.0) | 4 (1.2) |
| Total | 94 (27.7) | 113 (33.3) | 132 (38.9) | 339 (100) |