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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for Bangladeshi districts

From: Finding gaps in TB notifications: spatial analysis of geographical patterns of TB notifications, associations with TB program efforts and social determinants of TB risk in Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan

Variable

N

Meana

SD

Min

Max

Missing

Nationalb

      

N

%

 

Population

64

2,488,828

2,039,092

449,100

14,386,878

0

0.0

159,284,969

Case notification

64

3219

3291

455

23,686

0

0.0

205,985

Case notification rate

64

124

33

50

187

0

0.0

129

Healthcare access

 Facility density (per 100,000 population)

64

0.9

0.9

0.3

5.6

0

0.0

0.7

 Under-five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)

64c

46

9

35

67

0

0.0

N/A

 Vaccination coverage (%)

64

87.2

3.8

76.4

94.5

0

0.0

N/A

Socioeconomic status

 Poverty headcount ratio (%)

64

32.3

12.1

3.6

63.7

0

0.0

N/A

 Literacy rate (%)

64

54.7

7.8

37.5

73.7

0

0.0

N/A

TB programme efforts

 Bacteriologically confirmed (%)

64

74.1

7.3

56.9

89.1

0

0.0

72.5

 Test positivity rate (%)

64

6.3

1.4

3.3

10.7

0

0.0

6.5

 Test rate (per 100,000 population)

64

1199

352

569

2015

0

0.0

1145

 Treatment success rate (%)

64

94.4

2.3

87.1

99.2

0

0.0

94.5

Demography

 Stunting (%)

64

41.2

7.0

27.7

55.9

0

0.0

N/A

 Sex ratio (male: female)

64

99.2

4.8

90.2

119.3

0

0.0

N/A

 Population density (per km2)

64

1108

1038

86

8111

0

0.0

 

 Elderly population (%)

64

7.8

1.3

4.8

11.3

0

0.0

N/A

 Migrant population (%)c

64

0.06

0.06

0.01

0.39

0

0.0

N/A

  1. aUnweighted mean of districts. bWeighted national average. cData were available on the first administrative level only
  2. N/A National average could not be calculated due to lack of denominator