Table 2 Treatment outcomes of LTBI patients (2016–2017), by county of birth
Japan-born | Foreign-born | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |
Treatment success | 10,798 | 85.8 | 1142 | 82.2 |
Died | 310 | 2.5 | 1 | 0.1 |
Failed | 41 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.4 |
Lost to follow-up | 1026 | 8.2 | 117 | 8.4 |
Transferred-out | 193 | 1.5 | 116 | 8.3 |
within Japan | 183 | – | 63 | – |
outside Japan | 8 | – | 50 | – |
unknown | 2 | – | 3 | – |
Still on treatment | 132 | 1.0 | 8 | 0.6 |
Unknown | 82 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.1 |
TOTAL | 12,582 | 100.0 | 1391 | 100.0 |
Lost to follow-up, recategorizeda | 1034 | 8.2 | 167 | 12.0 |