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

Table 4 Descriptive statistics for Pakistani districts

Variable	N	Mean^a	SD	Min	Max	Missing		National^b
						N	%
Population	142	1,310,675	1,686,617	26,265	14,040,575	0	0.0	186,115,787
Case notification	142	2297	3286	21	22,185	0	0.0	326,153
Case notification rate	142	147	93	9	689	0	0.0	175
Healthcare access
Facility density (per 100,000 population)	132	1.3	1.0	0.4	8.9	10	7.0	0.8
Under-five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	122^c	95.6	15.7	43.0	111.0	20	14.1	N/A
Vaccination coverage (%)	122	69.9	23.0	3.0	99.0	20	14.1	N/A
Socio-economic status
Poverty headcount ratio (%)	114	45.3	24.2	3.7	96.4	28	19.7	N/A
Literacy rate (%)	122	49.9	14.5	19.6	85.0	20	14.1	N/A
Demography
Stunting (%)	92^c	44.1	7.7	22.2	56.7	50	35.2	N/A
Migrant distribution (%)	115^c	28.5	28.0	0.7	67.8	27	19.0	N/A
TB programme efforts
Bacteriologically confirmed (%)	141	54.0	15.3	6.3	100.0	1	0.7	52.0
Test positivity rate (%)	139	14.7	6.6	1.9	41.7	3	2.1	13.8
Test rate (per 100,000 population)	139	478	498	40	4369	3	2.1	542
Treatment success rate (%)	141	92.6	5.7	75.0	100.0	1	0.7	91.8

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

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