Table 2.

Clinical profiles and personal behaviors of PTB cases in Ethiopia, 2018

Variable	Frequency	Percent (%)
TB Contact history Yes	136	39.0
No	212	61.0
Cough presence Yes	310	89.0
No	38	11.0
Sputum presence Yes	147	42.2
No	201	57.8
Forms of TB New positive PTB	146	42.0
New negative PTB	202	58.0
Category of TB New PTB	327	94.0
Retreatment cases	21	6.0
Treatment outcome Cured	126	36.2
Completed	204	58.6
Died	6	1.7
Failure	8	2.3
Default	4	1.1
HIV status Positive	77	22.0
Negative	271	78.0
Other comorbiditiesa Yes	77	22.0
No	271	78.0
Smoking history Yes	87	25.0
No	261	75.0
Chat chewing Yes	91	26.0
No	257	74.0
Alcohol history Yes	108	31.0
No	240	69.0
Knowledge of TB Good	140	40.0
Poor	208	60.0
First action to TB Visit informal facilities	150	43.0
Visit formal facilities	192	57.0
Presence of stigma Yes	139	40.0
No	209	60.0

^aother commodities include diabetes mellites and hypertension