Table 1 Characteristics of Patients notified to the Kenyan National TB Programme in 2015
0-14yrs n (%) | ≥15yrs n (%) | Overall population n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
(N = 6450) | (N = 75863) | (N = 82313) | |
Gender | |||
Male | 3406 (52.8) | 47931 (63.2) | 51337 (62.4) |
Female | 3044 (47.2) | 27932 (36.8) | 30976 (37.6) |
Sector | |||
Public | 4938 (76.6) | 59165 (78.0) | 64103 (77.9) |
Prisons | 41 (0.6) | 1349 (1.8) | 1390 (1.7) |
Private | 1343 (20.8) | 14010 (18.5) | 15353 (18.7) |
Faith based and others | 128 (2.0) | 1339 (1.8) | 1467 (1.8) |
TB Type | |||
Pulmonary | 4774 (74.0) | 62964 (83.0) | 67738 (82.3) |
Extra-pulmonary | 1676 (26.0) | 12899 (17.0) | 14575 (17.7) |
HIV testing | |||
Negative | 4517 (70.0) | 49016 (64.6) | 53533 (65.0) |
Positive | 1610 (25.0) | 24980 (32.9) | 26590 (32.3) |
Unknown | 323 (5.0) | 1867 (2.5) | 2190 (2.7) |
Anthropometry (BMI) | |||
Underweighta | 2951 (45.8) | 35274 (46.5) | 38225 (46.4) |
Normal | 2777 (43.1) | 31338 (41.3) | 34115 (41.5) |
Overweight/obese | 22 (0.34) | 2929 (3.9) | 2951 (3.4) |
Undocumented | 700 (10.9) | 6322 (8.3) | 7022 (8.5) |
Type of patient | |||
New | 6233 (96.6) | 68470 (90.3) | 74703 (90.8) |
Transfer in | 40 (0.6) | 788 (1.0) | 828 (1.0) |
Relapse (recurrence) | 144 (2.2) | 5383 (7.1) | 5527 (6.7) |
Default | 33 (0.5) | 999 (1.3) | 1032 (1.3) |
Failure | 0 (0) | 223 (0.3) | 223 (0.3) |
Chest-X-ray | |||
Done | 3140 (48.7) | 22141 (29.2) | 25281 (30.7) |
Not done | 3310 (51.3) | 53722 (70.8) | 57032 (69.3) |
Smear Microscopy | |||
Done | 1886 (29.2) | 60797 (80.1) | 62,683 (76.2) |
Positiveb | 694 (36.7) | 40768 (67.1) | 41462 (66.1) |
Negativeb | 1192 (63.2) | 20029 (32.9) | 21221 (33.9) |
Xpert MTB/RIF® | |||
Done | 309 (4.8) | 9224 (12.2) | 9533 (11.6) |
Positive (Rif-Sensitive)b | 195 (63.1) | 7493 (81.2) | 7688 (80.6) |
Positive (Rif-Resistant)b | 1 (0.3) | 129 (1.4) | 130 (1.4) |
Negativeb | 113 (36.6) | 1602 (17.4) | 1715 (18.0) |
Culture/Line Probe Assay (LPA) | |||
Done | 5 (0.1) | 444 (0.6) | 449 (0.5) |
Drug susceptibleb | 5 (100) | 371 (83.6) | 376 (83.7) |
Drug resistantb | 0 (0.0) | 73 (16.4) | 73 (16.3) |
Outcome | |||
Cured | 537 (8.3) | 31416 (41.4) | 31953 (38.8) |
Died | 270 (4.2) | 4391 (5.8) | 4661 (5.7) |
Treatment failure | 1 (0.02) | 429 (0.6) | 430 (0.5) |
Otherc | 5642 (87.5) | 39627 (52.2) | 45269 (55%) |