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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population stratified by sex

From: Age and sex distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and rifampicin resistance in Myanmar as detected by Xpert MTB/RIF

 

Sex

Males (n = 218,963)

Females (n = 113,694)

Mtb Positive Result (%)

103,008 (47.0)

44,320 (39.0)

Rifampicin Resistant

9604

5056

Invalid/Error/No result (%)

11,268 (5.1)

6010 (5.3)

HIV Status

Negative (%)

90,292 (41.2)

44,673 (39.3)

Unknown (%)

89,321 (40.8)

49,855 (43.9)

Positive (%)

39,350 (18.0)

19,166 (16.9)

Treatment History

None (%)

131,861 (60.2)

73,266 (63.6)

Unknown (%)

6182 (2.8)

3357 (3.0)

Yes (%)

80,920 (37.0)

38,071 (33.5)

Region

Yangon (%)

81,828 (37.4)

45,791 (40.3)

All other regions combined (%)

137,135 (62.6)

67,903 (59.7)

Test Year

2015

28,008

14,319

2016

45,548

23,456

2017

65,064

33,538

2018

80,343

42,381