Table 1.
Presumptive tuberculosis patients under 15 years identified by private health providers in selected districts in Pakistan, 2016
| Province | District | Population (< 15 yrs) N |
CNRa 2016 per 100,000 | Presumptive child TB cases n |
Diagnosed TBa n (%) |
Referred to NTPa n (%) |
Notified to NTP (Project notification) a n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All sites | 8,643,221 | 193 | 6519 (0.08) | 5193 (79.7) | 2443 (37.5) | 187 (2.9) | |
| Punjab | Attock | 483,575 | 175 | 497 (0.10) | 442 (88.9) | 97 (19.5) | 34 (6.8) |
| Chiniot | 362,756 | 232 | 671 (0.18) | 337 (50.2) | 139 (20.7) | 4 (0.6) | |
| Hafizabad | 317,804 | 219 | 874 (0.28) | 555 (63.5) | 32 (3.7) | 12 (1.4) | |
| Vehari | 837,748 | 225 | 376 (0.05) | 333 (88.6) | 223 (59.3) | 7 (1.8) | |
| Sindh | Shikarpur | 390,208 | 126 | 623 (0.16) | 394 (63.2) | 128 (20.5) | 2 (0.3) |
| Hyderabad | 650,492 | 149 | 838 (0.13) | 838 (100) | 638 (76.1) | 35 (4.2) | |
| Karachi | 4,366,147 | 143 | 1041 (0.02) | 942 (90.5) | 737 (70.7) | 12 (1.2) | |
| KPKa | Buner | 211,496 | 157 | 232 (0.11) | 148 (63.8) | 89 (38.4) | 43 (18.5) |
| Peshawar | 843,278 | 244 | 1034 (0.13) | 999 (96.6) | 340 (34.0) | 36 (3.5) | |
| AJKa | Pallundary | 97,553 | 89.2 | 118 (0.12) | 114 (96.6) | 15 (12.7) | 2 (1.7) |
| Balochistan | Jhal Magsi | 46,011 | 29 | 44 (0.10) | 27 (61.4) | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| GBa | Ghizer | 36,153 | 133 | 171 (0.47) | 64 (37.4) | 4 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) |
a Footnotes: KPK Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, AJK Azad Jammu & Kashmir, GB Gilgit Baltistan, CNR Case Notification Rate (Routine Notification to NTP all forms)
“Diagnosed TB by PP” with proportion out of all presumptive patients (“yield”). “Referred to NTP” with proportion out of all diagnosed patients. “Notified to NTP” with proportion out of all presumptive child TB patients