Table 1.
Socio-demographic and Clinical characteristics of study participants from three Hospitals, Ethiopian Somali Regional State
| Characteristics | Treatment year | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September, 2009 to August, 2010 N (%) | September, 2010 to August, 2011 N (%) | September, 2011 to August, 2012 N (%) | September, 2012 to August, 2013 N (%) | September, 2013 to August, 2014 N (%) | Total N (%) | ||
| Sex | Male | 57 (60.6) | 149 (61.6) | 176 (57.9) | 129 (54.9) | 303 (60.2) | 814 (59.1) |
| Female | 37 (39.4) | 93 (38.4) | 128 (42.1) | 106 (45.1) | 200 (39.8) | 564 (40.9) | |
| Age | ≤ 14 | 19 (20.2) | 39 (16.1) | 60 (19.7) | 40 (17.0) | 84 (16.7) | 242 (17.6) |
| 15 to 29 | 27 (28.7) | 113 (46.7) | 114 (37.5) | 89 (37.9) | 179 (35.6) | 522 (37.9) | |
| 30 to 44 | 30 (31.9) | 49 (20.2) | 66 (21.7) | 50 (21.3) | 100 (19.9) | 295 (21.4) | |
| 45 to 59 | 9 (9.6) | 29 (12.0) | 24 (7.9) | 29 (12.3) | 66 (13.1) | 157 (11.4) | |
| 60+ | 9 (9.6) | 12 (5.0) | 40 (13.2) | 27 (11.5) | 74 (14.7) | 162 (11.8) | |
| HIV Sero-status | Reactive | 2 (2.1) | 21 (8.8) | 20 (6.6) | 7 (3.0) | 13 (2.6) | 63 (4.6) |
| Nonreactive | 92 (97.9) | 218 (91.2) | 284 (93.4) | 227 (97.0) | 490 (97.4) | 1311 (95.4) | |
| Treatment category | New | 80 (86.0) | 201 (83.4) | 274 (90.1) | 213 (91.8) | 475 (94.6) | 1243 (90.6) |
| Retreatment | 8 (8.6) | 24 (10.0) | 26 (8.6) | 7 (3.0) | 13 (2.6) | 78 (5.7) | |
| Transfer in | 5 (5.4) | 16 (6.6) | 4 (1.3) | 12 (5.2) | 14 (2.8) | 51 (3.7) | |
| TB type | PTB+ | 25 (26.6) | 50 (20.7) | 84 (27.6) | 67 (28.6) | 118 (23.5) | 344 (25.0) |
| PTB- | 51 (54.3) | 125 (51.7) | 139 (45.7) | 107 (45.7) | 255 (50.8) | 677 (49.2) | |
| EPTB | 18 (19.1) | 67 (27.7) | 81 (26.6) | 60 (25.6) | 129 (25.7) | 355 (25.8) | |
| Total per year | 94 (6.8) | 242 (17.6) | 304 (22.1) | 235 (17.1) | 503 (36.5) | 1378 (100) | |
PTB+ Pulmonary Tuberculosis Smear Positive, PTB Pulmonary Tuberculosis Smear Negative, EPTB Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis