Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of study population
| Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Health center | |
| Kassech | 810 (23.5) |
| Mekelle | 1143 (33.2) |
| Semen | 1492 (43.3) |
| Age group | |
| 0–17 | 350 (10.2) |
| 18–64 | 2833 (82.2) |
| 65 + | 262 (7.6) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 1999 (58) |
| Female | 1463 (42) |
| TB type | |
| Pulmonary positive | 617 (17.9) |
| Pulmonary negative | 1357 (39.4) |
| Extra-pulmonary | 1471 (42.7) |
| TB history categorya | |
| New | 2602 (91.8) |
| After relapse | 122 (4.3) |
| After failure | 12 (0.4) |
| After default | 3 (0.1) |
| Other | 94 (3.3) |
| HIV statusb | |
| Negative | 751 (75.0) |
| Positive | 652 (18.8) |
a Excluding Transfer-in
b Excluding patients with Unknown status and missed values [2042 (59.3%)]