Table 3.
baseline characterisation and prevalence of smear positive tuberculosis in three zones of the southern region of Ethiopia, 2012–2013
| Characteristics | Hadiya zone, Lemo district |
Gurage zone, Abeshege district |
Sidama zone, Shebedino district |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of villages surveyed | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Population in the study area | 21,224 | 73,817 | 33,505 |
| No of households | 4333 | 2050 | 6836 |
| 14 years above population | 10,799 | 10,059 | 17,466 |
| Men | 5475 (50.7%) | 5084(50.5%) | 8907(50.9%) |
| Women | 5324 (49.3%) | 4975(49.5%) | 6180(49.1%) |
| Presumptive cases | 289 (2.7%) | 357 (3.6%) | 314 (1.8%) |
| Men | 153(2.8%) | 191 (3.8%) | 114(1.3%) |
| Women | 135(2.5%) | 166(3.3%) | 200(3.2%) |
| PTB+ cases | 16 | 14 | 14 |
| Men | 13(81%) | 8(57%) | 6(43%) |
| Women | 3(19%) | 6(43%) | 8(57%) |
| Point prevalence | 148 [91–241] | 139 [83–234] | 80[48–135] |
| Men | 237 [139–406] | 157 [80–310] | 67[31–147] |
| Women | 56[19–166] | 121 [55–263] | 129[66–255] |