Table 3.
Sputum AFB smear and culture test coverage and percentage of their positive results among the pulmonary TB cases 2016–2017
| Year | No. of pulmonary TB cases (a) | Sputum AFB smear test |
Sputum AFB culture test |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of tests performed (b) | Test coverage (%) (b/a×100) | No. of positive results (c) | Percentage of positive results (%) (c/b×100 ) | No. of tests performed (d) | Test coverage (%) (a/d×100 ) | No. of positive results (e) | Percentage of positive results (%) (e/d×100 ) | ||
| 2016 | 26,216 | 24,164 | 92.2 | 7,675 | 31.8 | 23,823 | 90.9 | 14,985 | 62.9 |
| 2017 | 24,893 | 23,261 | 93.4 | 6,876 | 29.6 | 22,961 | 92.2 | 13,804 | 60.1 |
AFB: acid-fast bacillus; TB: tuberculosis.