Table 2 National Tuberculosis case finding and treatment outcome data in Malawi between 2002 and 2008
2 (a): Case Notifications, HIV testing and Cotrimoxazole Preventive Therapy (CPT) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
TB case notifications | 27,531 | 28,234 | 27,000 | 27,610 | 27,105 | 25,966 | 25,688 |
Number HIV tested (%) | 2130 (8%) | 3983 (14%) | 6681 (25%) | 12243 (44%) | 17,253 (64%) | 21,551 (83%) | 21557 (84%) |
Number HIV-positive (%) | 1,630 (77%) | 2,734 (69%) | 4,804 (72%) | 8,453 (69%) | 12,064 (70%) | 15,491 (72%) | 13,677 (63%) |
Number started CPT (%) | Not known | 2,349 (86%) | 4,649 (97%) | 8,073 (96%) | 11,244 (93%) | 13,779 (89%) | 13,148 (96%) |
2 (b): Treatment outcomes in new smear-positive PTB patients evaluated nationally for outcomes | |||||||
| Â | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
New smear-positive PTB patients evaluated | 7,693 | 7,603 | 8,021 | 7,965 | 7,955 | 8065 | 7632 |
Treatment success (%) | 5,572 (72%) | 5,650 (74%) | 6,082 (76%) | 6,178 (78%) | 6,369 (80%) | 6707 (83%) | 6534 (86%) |
Death (%) | 1,500 (19%) | 1,410 (19%) | 1,387 (17%) | 1,265 (16%) | 1,018 (13%) | 739 (9%) | 574 (7.5%) |
Other outcomes (%) | 621 (9%) | 543 (7%) | 552 (7%) | 522 (6%) | 568 (7%) | 619 (8%) | 524 (6.5%) |