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Table 2 Treatment outcomes of the study cohort by year

From: Treatment outcomes and factors affecting treatment outcomes of new patients with tuberculosis in Busan, South Korea: a retrospective study of a citywide registry, 2014–2015

 

Total (n = 4732)

2014 (n = 2455)

2015 (n = 2277)

P a

Cured

955 (20.2)

603 (24.6)

352 (15.5)

<  0.001

Completed

3015 (63.7)

1501 (61.1)

1514 (66.5)

<  0.001

Failed

4 (0.1)

3 (0.1)

1 (0.0)

0.626

Lost to follow-up

171 (3.6)

88 (3.6)

83 (3.6)

0.911

Died

379 (8.0)

192 (7.8)

187 (8.2)

0.620

Not evaluated

208 (4.4)

68 (2.8)

140 (6.1)

<  0.001

  1. Data are presented as numbers (%)
  2. aComparison between 2014 and 2015
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