Table 6. Distribution of smear-positive tuberculosis (TB) patients being treated at different TB Units in Chennai, 2014.
TB Unit | Number of smear-positive patients treated N (%)a |
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East Cemetery Road | 260 (7.9) |
Villivakkam | 239 (7.3) |
Tondaiyarpet | 216 (6.6) |
Basin Bridge | 215 (6.6) |
Elango Nagar | 192 (5.9) |
Velachery | 190 (5.8) |
Kodugaiyur | 182 (5.6) |
Ice House | 142 (4.3) |
Thanthai Periyar | 140 (4.3) |
Pulianthope | 129 (3.9) |
MMDA | 127 (3.9) |
Cindadripet | 123 (3.8) |
Kodambakkam | 119 (3.6) |
Thiruvanmiyur | 119 (3.6) |
Nungambakkam | 114 (3.5) |
Kotturpuram | 109 (3.3) |
Thiru-vi-ka Nagar | 103 (3.1) |
Mylapore | 91 (2.8) |
Aminjikarai | 90 (2.7) |
Saidapet West | 90 (2.7) |
Virugambakkam | 81 (2.5) |
Teynampet | 78 (2.4) |
Kolathur | 67 (2.0) |
Lalithapuram | 60 (1.8) |
aPercent out of the overall 3,276 smear-positive TB patients started on treatment in Chennai in 2014.