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Table 2 Rainy season (July-October) outcomes of hospitalization in 2005, 2006 and 2007

From: Malaria prevention reduces in-hospital mortality among severely ill tuberculosis patients: a three-step intervention in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Outcomes

2005

2006

2007

p-value

Admissions

    

Total (n°)

158

130

173

 

Mean per month

39,5

32,5

43,25

 

Deaths

    

Total (n°)

60

44

36

 

Mean per month

15

11

9

 

Discharges

    

Total (n°)

76

80

137

 

Mean per month

19

20

34.25

 

Mortality (Death/Admission)%

37.9

33.8

20.8

0.0032

 

(CI 95%:30.4%-45.54%)

(CI 95%:25.72%-41.98%)

(CI 95%:14.76%-26.86%)

 

Death/Discharge ratio

0.78

0.55

0.26

0.001