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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Sep;19(9):1115–xv. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0158

Table 2.

Treatment Outcome Probabilities for a Course of Treatment These are the proportion of patients who start category 1, 2, or 4 treatment who will die while on treatment, or will default, fail, or successfully complete that course of treatment.

Treatment Category Age Success Default Failure Death
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
1 0 80.20% 80.30% 12.60% 12.50% 1.60% 1.60% 5.60% 5.60%
20 80.60% 82.10% 12.20% 10.60% 1.60% 1.70% 5.60% 5.60%
30 80.70% 83.00% 12.00% 9.60% 1.70% 1.70% 5.60% 5.70%
40 80.90% 84.00% 11.80% 8.60% 1.70% 1.70% 5.60% 5.70%
50 81.10% 84.90% 11.70% 7.60% 1.70% 1.70% 5.60% 5.70%
60 81.30% 85.90% 11.50% 6.60% 1.70% 1.80% 5.60% 5.70%
70+ 81.40% 86.90% 11.30% 5.60% 1.70% 1.80% 5.60% 5.80%
2 0 48.10% 48.10% 33.10% 33.00% 3.10% 3.10% 15.80% 15.80%
20 48.80% 51.90% 32.20% 28.50% 3.10% 3.30% 15.90% 16.30%
30 49.10% 53.90% 31.80% 26.10% 3.10% 3.40% 15.90% 16.50%
40 49.50% 56.00% 31.40% 23.70% 3.20% 3.60% 16.00% 16.80%
50 49.80% 58.20% 31.00% 21.10% 3.20% 3.70% 16.00% 17.00%
60 50.20% 60.40% 30.60% 18.50% 3.20% 3.90% 16.10% 17.30%
70+ 50.50% 62.60% 30.20% 15.80% 3.20% 4.00% 16.10% 17.50%
4 all 32.10% 32.10% 28.50% 28.50% 11.40% 11.40% 28.00% 28.00%