Table 2.
Tuberculosis treatment outcome in Hosanna Town, Southern Ethiopia, 2015–2019.
| Variables | Treatment outcome |
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| Cured (%) | Treatment completed (%) | Treatment failure (%) | Defaulter (%) | Died (%) | |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 96 (27.3) | 220 (62.5) | 12 (3.4) | 8 (2.3) | 16 (4.5) |
| Female | 38 (15.1) | 190 (75.4) | 8 (3.2) | 9 (3.5) | 7 (2.8) |
| Age | |||||
| <15 | 10 (20.8) | 33 (68.8) | 2 (4.2) | 3 (6.2) | 0 (0) |
| 15–24 | 34 (28.1) | 82 (67.7) | 2 (1.7) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (1.7) |
| 25–34 | 50 (26.7) | 120 (64.2) | 5 (2.7) | 6 (3.2) | 6 (3.2) |
| 35–44 | 23 (16.4) | 105 (75) | 6 (4.3) | 2 (1.4) | 4 (2.9) |
| 45–54 | 11 (19.6) | 34 (60.7) | 2 (3.6) | 2 (3.6) | 7 (12.5) |
| 55–64 | 2 (7.7) | 19 (73.1) | 2 (7.7) | 2 (7.7) | 1 (3.8) |
| >64 | 4 (15.4) | 17 (65.4) | 1 (3.8) | 1 (3.8) | 3 (11.6) |
| Residence | |||||
| Urban | 114 (20.2) | 339 (68.6) | 14 (2.8) | 15 (3.0) | 12 (2.4) |
| Rural | 20 (18.2) | 71 (64.5) | 6 (5.5) | 2 (1.8) | 11 (10.0) |
| Occupation | |||||
| Farmer | 13 (13.3) | 72 (73.5) | 6 (6.1) | 2 (2.0) | 5 (5.1) |
| Gov’t employee | 23 (36.5) | 35 (55.6) | 4 (6.3) | 1 (1.6) | 0 (0) |
| Housewife | 8 (8.4) | 75 (7.9) | 2 (2.1) | 3 (3.2) | 6 (6.4) |
| Merchant | 27 (24.1) | 73 (65.2) | 1 (0.9) | 5 (4.4) | 6 (5.4) |
| Other | 22 (22.9) | 67 (69.8) | 3 (3.1) | 4 (4.2) | 0 (0) |
| Unemployed | 41 (29.1) | 88 (62.4) | 4 (2.8) | 2 (1.4) | 6 (4.3) |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 66 (26.4) | 162 (64.8) | 6 (2.4) | 8 (3.2) | 8 (3.2) |
| Married | 64 (19.9) | 223 (69.3) | 12 (3.7) | 9 (2.8) | 14 (4.3) |
| Divorced | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Widowed | 3 (11.5) | 20 (76.9) | 2 (7.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.9) |
| Educational status | |||||
| No formal education | 19 (14.4) | 96 (72.7) | 7 (5.3) | 4 (3.0) | 6 (4.6) |
| Primary school | 31 (15.5) | 151 (75.5) | 6 (3.0) | 3 (1.5) | 9 (4.5) |
| Secondary school | 44 (27.3) | 99 (61.5) | 3 (1.9) | 7 (4.4) | 8 (4.9) |
| Diploma and above | 40 (36.0) | 64 (57.7) | 4 (3.6) | 3 (2.7) | 0 (0) |
| HIV status | |||||
| Positive | 67 (22.2) | 194 (64.2) | 17 (5.6) | 7 (23.3) | 17 (5.7) |
| Negative | 67 (22.2) | 216 (71.5) | 3 (1.0) | 10 (3.3) | 6 (2.0) |
| Type of TB | |||||
| Pulmonary TB | 132 (25.8) | 328 (64.2) | 18 (3.5) | 14 (2.7) | 19 (3.7) |
| Extrapulmonary TB | 2 (2.2) | 82 (88.1) | 2 (2.2) | 3 (3.2) | 4 (4.3) |
| Treatment category | |||||
| New | 118 (23.5) | 345 (68.7) | 19 (3.8) | 15 (3.0) | 5 (1.0) |
| Re-treatment | 16 (15.7) | 65 (63.7) | 1 (1.0) | 2 (1.9) | 18 (17.7) |
| Have chronic disease | |||||
| Yes | 2 (6.2) | 20 (62.5) | 3 (9.4) | 3 (9.4) | 4 (12.5) |
| No | 132 (23.1) | 390 (68.2) | 17 (2.3) | 15 (2.6) | 19 (3.3) |
| Total | 134 (22.2) | 410 (67.9) | 20 (3.3) | 17 (2.8) | 23 (3.8) |