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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with tuberculosis in Erbil (2012–2017)

From: Survival analysis of patients with tuberculosis in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region

Characteristic

Total sample (=728)

12-month survival

Survived (n = 678)

Died (n = 50)

P value

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

Age (years)

 0–17

78

10.7

76

97.4

2

2.6

< 0.001

 18–64

536

73.6

509

95.0

27

5.0

 

  ≥ 65

114

15.7

93

81.6

21

18.4

 

Gender

 Male

320

44.0

298

93.1

22

6.9

0.995

 Female

408

56.0

380

93.1

28

6.9

 

Residence

 Zones I and II

89

12.2

79

88.8

10

11.2

0.066

 Zone III

320

44.0

295

92.2

25

7.8

 

 Zone IV

319

43.8

304

95.3

15

4.7

 

Primary site

 Pulmonary

266

36.5

256

96.2

10

3.8

0.012

 Extrapulmonary

462

63.5

422

91.3

40

8.7

 

Outcome

 Cure

133

18.3

     

 Treatment completed

422

58.0

     

 Lost to follow-up

114

15.7

     

 Treatment failure

9

1.2

     

 Death

50

6.9