Table 2.
Trend of treatment outcomes of TB patients from three hospitals, Ethiopian Somali Regional State
| Treatment Outcome (n = 1362) | 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 (%) | |
| Cured | 18 (19.2) | 37 (15.4) | 64 (21.4) | 53 (22.6) | 90 (18.2) | 262 (19.3) |
| Completed | 68 (72.3) | 180 (75.0) | 217 (72.6) | 165 (70.2) | 290 (58.7) | 920 (67.5) |
| Total successful | 86 (91.5) | 217 (90.4) | 281 (94.0) | 218 (92.8) | 380 (76.9) | 1182 (86.8) |
| Died | 5 (5.3) | 16 (6.7) | 8 (2.7) | 12 (5.1) | 25 (5.1) | 66 (4.8) |
| Failure | 1 (1.1) | 1 (0.4) | 4 (1.3) | 1 (0.4) | 3 (0.6) | 10 (0.7) |
| Defaulted | 2 (2.1) | 6 (2.5) | 6 (2.0) | 4 (1.7) | 86 (17.4) | 104 (7.6) |
| Total unsuccessful | 8 (8.5) | 23 (9.6) | 18 (6.0) | 17 (7.2) | 114 (23.1) | 180(13.2) |