Table 1.
Sociodemographic variables of tuberculosis patients according to tuberculosis treatment outcome, Antioquia, Colombia, 2014 to 2016
| Sociodemographic variables | Cured, N = 1,987, n (%) |
Treatment completed, N = 2,536, n (%) |
Lost to follow up, N = 1,041, n (%) |
Treatment failed, N = 45, n (%) |
Died, N = 547, n (%) |
Not evaluated, N = 583, n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years | ||||||
| Less than 1 | 0 (0) | 10 (55.6) | 5 (27.8) | 0 (0) | 1 (5.6) | 2 (11.1) |
| 1–4 | 3 (2.9) | 89 (84.8) | 9 (8.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (3.8) |
| 5–14 | 20 (17.2) | 70 (60.3) | 9 (7.8) | 0 (0) | 3 (2.6) | 14 (12.1) |
| 15–24 | 340 (32.4) | 416 (39.7) | 183 (17.4) | 5 (0.5) | 28 (2.7) | 77 (7.3) |
| 25–34 | 438 (29.1) | 542 (36) | 334 (22.2) | 8 (0.5) | 67 (4.4) | 118 (7.8) |
| 35–44 | 257 (26.4) | 370 (38) | 186 (19.1) | 10 (1) | 67 (6.9) | 84 (8.6) |
| 45–54 | 342 (30.2) | 405 (35.8) | 173 (15.3) | 11 (1) | 86 (7.6) | 114 (10.1) |
| 55–64 | 333 (34) | 346 (35.3) | 90 (9.2) | 5 (0.5) | 123 (12.6) | 82 (8.4) |
| ≥ 65 | 254 (29.5) | 288 (33.5) | 52 (6) | 6 (0.7) | 172 (20) | 88 (10.2) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 809 (32.3) | 1,041 (41.5) | 283 (11.3) | 19 (0.8) | 150 (6) | 206 (8.2) |
| Male | 1,178 (27.8) | 1,495 (35.3) | 758 (17.9) | 26 (0.6) | 397 (9.4) | 377 (8.9) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Indigenous | 12 (18.8) | 35 (54.7) | 10 (15.6) | 0 (0) | 3 (4.7) | 4 (6.3) |
| Afro-Colombian | 39 (27.9) | 63 (45) | 24 (17.1) | 2 (1.4) | 3 (2.1) | 9 (6.4) |
| Other | 1,936 (29.6) | 2,438 (37.3) | 1,007 (15.4) | 43 (0.7) | 541 (8.3) | 570 (8.7) |
| Living area | ||||||
| Urban | 1,460 (28.3) | 1,919 (37.2) | 851 (16.5) | 18 (0.3) | 402 (7.8) | 508 (9.8) |
| Rural | 101 (38.1) | 91 (34.3) | 27 (10.2) | 3 (1.1) | 21 (7.9) | 22 (8.3) |
| Scattered rural | 76 (30.5) | 94 (37.8) | 21 (8.4) | 0 (0) | 25 (10) | 33 (13.3) |
| Health insurance | ||||||
| Contributive | 921 (30.4) | 1,490 (49.1) | 156 (5.1) | 17 (0.6) | 181 (6) | 267 (8.8) |
| Subsidized | 944 (29.4) | 933 (29) | 698 (21.7) | 23 (0.7) | 328 (10.2) | 289 (9) |
| Poor people without health insurance | 122 (24.8) | 113 (23) | 187 (38) | 5 (1) | 38 (7.7) | 27 (5.5) |
| Healthcare worker | ||||||
| No | 1,574 (28.7) | 2,023 (36.9) | 869 (15.9) | 20 (0.4) | 441 (8) | 553 (10.1) |
| Yes | 31 (30.7) | 52 (51.5) | 6 (5.9) | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 9 (8.9) |
| Homeless | ||||||
| No | 1,880 (30.6) | 2,447 (39.8) | 721 (11.7) | 41 (0.7) | 519 (8.4) | 542 (8.8) |
| Yes | 107 (18.2) | 89 (15.1) | 320 (54.3) | 4 (0.7) | 28 (4.8) | 41 (7) |
| Prisoners | ||||||
| No | 1,950 (29.3) | 2,505 (37.7) | 1,027 (15.5) | 45 (0.7) | 546 (8.2) | 574 (8.6) |
| Yes | 37 (40.2) | 31 (33.7) | 14 (15.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.1) | 9 (9.8) |