Table 1 Age and sex demographics of TB records in the Kunene and Oshana regions
| Â | Number of TB records per region (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Age groups | Â | Kunene | Oshana |
0–10 |  | 148 (9.1) | 195 (6.9) |
11–20 |  | 143 (8.8) | 183 (6.4) |
21–30 |  | 335 (20.5) | 672 (23.6) |
31–40 |  | 384 (23.5) | 760 (26.7) |
41–50 |  | 274 (16.8) | 479 (16.8) |
51–60 |  | 161 (9.9) | 254 (8.9) |
61 +  |  | 186 (11.4) | 303 (10.6) |
Total | Â | 1631 (100) | 2846 (100) |
Mean ± SD |  | 36.5 ± 18.7 | 37.2 ± 18.3 |
Minimum | Â | 0 | 0 |
Maximum | Â | 108 | 104 |
Sex | Male | 927 (56.8) | 1707 (60.0) |
Female | 704 (43.2) | 1139 (40.0) | |
Type of patient | Newly registered | 1462(89.6) | 2627(92.3) |
Transferred in | 169(10.4) | 219(7.7) | |
Type of Tuberculosis | Pulmonary | 1341(82.2) | 2149(75.5) |
Extrapulmonary | 290(17.8) | 697(24.5) | |
Type of DOT | Guardian (relative, neighbour) | 35(4.7) | 1913(70.2) |
Workplace | 3(0.4) | 11(0.4) | |
Health Facility | 221(29.6) | 704(25.8) | |
Community-based | 488(65.3) | 99(3.6) | |