Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of adults (≥15 years) with TB (without known drug-resistant disease at diagnosis) notified from public health facilities of 16 districts in Karnataka, India, 15 October to 30 November 2020 (n = 3020).
| Characteristics * | n | (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3020 | (100.0) | |
| Demographic characteristics | |||
| Age in years | |||
| 15–24 | 476 | (15.8) | |
| 25–34 | 611 | (20.2) | |
| 35–44 | 619 | (20.5) | |
| 45–54 | 575 | (19.0) | |
| 55–64 | 416 | (13.8) | |
| ≥65 | 323 | (10.7) | |
| Gender | |||
| Men | 2039 | (67.5) | |
| Women | 981 | (32.5) | |
| Clinical characteristics | |||
| Test used for diagnosis | |||
| Xpert MTB/RIF | 1423 | (47.1) | |
| TrueNat MTB/RIF | 190 | (6.3) | |
| LPA | 17 | (0.6) | |
| Microscopy | 557 | (18.4) | |
| Culture | 9 | (0.3) | |
| Chest Radiograph | 272 | (9.0) | |
| Others | 552 | (19.3) | |
| Bacteriological confirmation (yes) | 2284 | (75.6) | |
| Site | |||
| Pulmonary | 2186 | (72.4) | |
| Extrapulmonary | 667 | (22.1) | |
| Missing | 167 | (5.5) | |
| Previous treatment (yes) | 474 | (15.7) | |
| HIV | |||
| Positive | 225 | (7.5) | |
| Negative | 2531 | (83.8) | |
| Unknown | 264 | (8.7) | |
| DM | |||
| Yes | 505 | (16.7) | |
| No | 2086 | (69.1) | |
| Unknown | 429 | (14.2) | |
| Health system characteristics | |||
| Bank details available with programme (yes) | 2353 | (77.9) | |
| Peripheral Health Institute–notification facility | |||
| District/Teaching hospital | 1942 | (66.6) | |
| Sub-district level hospital | 769 | (26.4) | |
| Primary health centre | 206 | (7.1) | |
| Days to notify from diagnosis | |||
| Within a day | 2160 | (71.5) | |
| 1–6 days | 632 | (20.9) | |
| 7–13 | 113 | (3.7) | |
| 14–27 | 73 | (2.4) | |
| ≥28 | 42 | (1.4) | |
| Treatment not started | 167 | (5.5) | |
| Transferred out of district (yes) | 521 | (17.3) | |
TB—tuberculosis, LPA line probe assay, HIV—human immunodeficiency virus, DM—Diabetes mellitus; * source is the routinely collected baseline data in NIKSHAY updated as on 15 December 2020.