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Table 1 Prevalence of Tuberculosis retreatment cases by different characteristics among patients who were treated for tuberculosis

From: Urban-rural disparities in treatment outcomes among recurrent TB cases in Southern Province, Zambia

Patient characteristics

total number of TB cases

recurrent cases

Prevalence in % (95% CI)

Overall

25,533

3566

14.0 (13.5 14.4)

 Urban site

16,791

2574

15.3 (14.8 15.9)

 Rural site

8742

992

11.3 (10.7 12.0)

Age

 10 & below

3259

280

8.6 (7.7 9.6)

 11–18

2641

272

10.3 (9.1 11.5)

 19–55

16,835

2614

15.5 (15 16.1)

 56 &older

2769

400

14.5 (13.1 15.8)

Sex

 Female

11,569

1506

13 (12.4 13.6)

 Male

13,726

2049

14.9 (14.3 15.5)

HIV status

 negative

11,709

1382

11.8 (9.2 10.9)

 positive

13,795

2216

16.1 (15.5 16.7)

  1. Note: In this table we estimate the prevalence using the overall number of cases before excluding cases who did not have the outcomes of interest at the end of follow (patients who transferred out and the TB treatment outcome was not documented