Table 2.
Trend Of Tuberculosis By Different Characteristics Of The Study Participants At Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia, January 2015–April 2019
| Characteristics | Years | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Sex | Male | 112 (20.9) | 120 (19.3) | 219 (14.8) | 153 (13.9) | 123 (13.4) | 727 (16.7) |
| Female | 77 (17.3) | 78 (17.7) | 150 (14.8) | 126 (12.9) | 96 (12.5) | 527 (14.5) | |
| Age (years) | ≤14 | 25 (15.1) | 18 (11.5) | 53 (16.1) | 60 (14.2) | 41 (12.6) | 197 (14.1) |
| 15–29 | 66 (22.3) | 86 (23.5) | 159 (21.7) | 110 (15.6) | 80 (17.0) | 501 (19.5) | |
| 30–44 | 64 (20.2) | 59 (17.9) | 91 (16.3) | 61 (10.9) | 58 (11.1) | 333 (14.6) | |
| ≥45 | 34 (16.8) | 35 (16.6) | 66 (11.3) | 48 (12.4) | 40 (11.1) | 223 (12.8) | |
| HIV status | Reactive | 3 (100) | 9 (26.5) | 6 (21.4) | 1 (12.5) | — | 19 (26) |
| NR | 5 (18.5) | 14(35.9) | 43 (18.1) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) | 64 (21) | |
| Unknown | 181 (19) | 175 (17.7) | 320 (16.5) | 277 (13.4) | 218 (13) | 1,171 (15.4) | |
| History of TB | New case | 186 (19.1) | 188 (18.3) | 358 (16.7) | 276 (13.3) | 217 (12.9) | 1,225 (15.5) |
| Relapse | 3 (37.5) | 10 (24.9) | 11 (20.4) | 3(60) | 2(50) | 29 (27.6) | |
| Residence | Rural | 154 (19.6) | 142 (17.9) | 315 (17.7) | 226 (14.1) | 180 (13.1) | 1,017 (16) |
| Urban | 35 (17.8) | 56 (20.9) | 54 (12.8) | 53 (11.2) | 39 (12.9) | 237 (14.3) | |
Abbreviations: NR, non-reactive; N, number of mycobacterium tuberculosis cases detected.