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Table 3 Dry season (November-June) outcomes of hospitalization in 2005, 2006, 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°)

269

216

376

 

Mean per month

33.62

27

47

 

Deaths

    

Total (n°)

53

51

67

 

Mean per month

6.62

6,37

8,37

 

Discharges

    

Total (n°)

137

136

208

 

Mean per month

17.12

17

26

 

Mortality (Death/Admission)%

19.7

23.6

17.8

0.385

 

(CI 95%: 14.95%-24.45%)

(CI 95%:17.95%-29.27%)

(CI 95%:13.95%-21.69%)

 

Death/Discharge ratio

0.38

0.37

0.32

0.647