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Table 1 General characteristics of study subjects, 2012–2015

From: The burden of HIV on Tuberculosis patients in the Volta region of Ghana from 2012 to 2015: implication for Tuberculosis control

Characteristic

2012 (N = 579) n (%)

2013 (N = 433) n (%)

2014 (N = 340) n (%)

2015 (N = 420) n (%)

All years (N = 1772) n (%)

Age group (years) a

 0–14

43 (7.4)

22 (5.1)

13 (3.8)

9 (2.1)

87 (4.9)

 15–29

98 (16.9)

69 (15.9)

49 (14.4)

60 (14.3)

276 (15.6)

 30–49

240 (41.5)

179 (41.3)

154 (45.3)

179 (42.6)

752 (42.4)

 50–69

132 (22.8)

116 (26.8)

93 (27.4)

122 (29.1)

463 (26.1)

  ≥ 70

66 (11.4)

47 (10.9)

31 (9.1)

48 (11.4)

192 (10.9)

Sex

 Male

374 (64.6)

276 (63.7)

221 (65.0)

296 (70.5)

1167 (65.9)

 Female

205 (35.4)

157 (36.3)

119 (35.0)

124 (29.5)

605 (34.1)

Patient category b

 New

547 (94.5)

393 (90.8)

322 (94.7)

375 (89.3)

1637 (92.4)

 Transferred in

1 (0.2)

3 (0.7)

1 (0.3)

0

5 (0.3)

 Return after default

5 (0.9)

3 (0.7)

1 (0.3)

7 (1.7)

16 (0.9)

 Treatment failure

4 (0.7)

9 (2.1)

5 (1.5)

12 (2.9)

30 (1.7)

 Relapse

6 (1.0)

11 (2.5)

10 (2.9)

12 (2.9)

39 (2.2)

 Other

15 (2.6)

15 (3.2)

1 (0.3)

3 (0.7)

33 (1.9)

TB classification c

 Pulmonary positive

262 (45.3)

240 (55.4)

224 (65.9)

299 (71.2)

1025 (57.8)

 Pulmonary negative

279 (48.2)

183 (42.3)

109 (32.1)

101 (24.1)

672 (37.9)

 Extra-pulmonary

37 (6.4)

10 (2.3)

7 (2.1)

12 (2.9)

66 (3.7)

Treatment District

 Ho

194 (33.5)

123 (28.4)

67 (19.7)

64 (15.2)

448 (25.3)

 Hohoe

127 (21.9)

97 (22.4)

95 (27.9)

76 (18.1)

395 (22.3)

 Kadjebi

51 (8.8)

91 (21.0)

43 (12.7)

90 (21.4)

275 (15.5)

 Keta

118 (20.4)

47 (10.9)

53 (15.6)

101 (26.0)

327 (18.5)

 Kpando

89 (15.4)

75 (17.3)

82 (24.1)

81 (19.3)

327 (18.5)

  1. Missing values for agea, patient categoryb, and TB classificationc; 2 (0.1%); 12 (0.7%); and 9 (0.5%) respectively