Table 2.

Characteristics of contacts of index patients with bacteriologically confirmed TB (N = 1155) and contacts of index patients with non-bacteriologically confirmed TB (N = 192)

	Contacts of index patients with bacteriologically confirmed TB n (%)	Contacts of index patients with non-bacteriologically confirmed TB n (%)
Sex
Male	469 (40.6)	66 (34.4)
Female	685 (59.3)	126 (65.6)
Age in years
0–4	271 (23.5)	42 (21.9)
5–14	380 (32.9)	72 (37.5)
15–34	327 (28.3)	52 (27.1)
35–54	108 (9.4)	18 (9.3)
55+	69 (6.0)	8 (4.2)
HIV status
Previously known positive	106 (9.2)	21 (10.9)
Newly	diagnosed positive	12 (1.0)
2 (1.0)
Negative	603 (52.2)	89 (46.4)
Unknown	434 (37.6)	80 (41.7)
Residence
Rural	420 (36.4)	70 (36.5)
Urban	735 (63.6)	122 (63.5)