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Table 2 Characteristics of study participants in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 2010

From: Mortality and associated risk factors in a cohort of tuberculosis patients treated under DOTS programme in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Patient Characteristics

Number (%)

Sex

 

   Male

3017(46.77)

   Female

3433(53.23)

Age categories

 

   0-14

459(7.12)

   15-24

1932(29.95)

   25-34

2023(31.36)

   35-44

1069(16.57)

   45-54

537(8.32)

   55-64

251(3.89)

   >65

179(2.77)

Treatment center

 

   Teklehaimanot HC

3002(46.54)

   Selam HC

1078(16.71)

   Kolfe HC

2370(36.75)

TB patients Category

 

   New

5736(88.93)

   Relapse

160(2.48)

   Failure

13(0.20)

   Default

12(0.19)

   Transfer in

164(2.54)

   Others

365(5.66)

Type of TB

 

   Pul.postive

1652 (26.5)

   Pul.negative

2187(33.9

   Extra pulmonary

2611(40.5)