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Table 1 TB patients' characteristics by study hospitals 2006-2007 (n = 2270)

From: Assessing the accessibility of HIV care packages among tuberculosis patients in the Northwest Region, Cameroon

Variable

ALL

BBH†

MBH

BRH

NJH

 

n (%)

468 (20.6)

564 (24.8)

1063 (46.8)

175 (7.7)

Sex

     

   Male

1163 (51.2)

255 (54.5)

315 (55.9)

509 (47.9)

84 (48.0)

   Female

1107 (48.8)

213 (45.5)

249 (44.1)

554 (52.1)

91 (52.0)

Age Group (years)

     

   0-14

98 (4.3)

20 (4.3)

29 (5.1)

44 (4.1)

5 (2.9)

   15-29

772 (34.0)

164 (35.0)

197 (34.9)

343 (32.3)

68 (38.9)

   30-44

971 (42.8)

193 (41.2)

232 (41.1)

464 (43.7)

82 (46.9)

   45-59

308 (13.6)

61 (13.0)

75 (13.3)

158 (14.9)

14 (8.0)

   ≥ 60

121 (5.3)

30 (6.4)

31 (5.5)

54 (5.1)

6 (3.4)

Residence

     

   Rural

1180 (52.0)

404 (86.3)

302 (53.5)

323 (30.4)

151 (86.3)

   Urban

1090 (48.0)

64 (13.7)

262 (46.5)

740 (69.6)

24 (13.7)

TB Type

     

   SPPTB

1369 (60.3)

361 (77.1)

330 (58.5)

582 (54.8)

96 (54.9)

   SNPTB

534 (23.5)

38 (8.1)

130 (23.0)

290 (27.3)

76 (43.4)

   EPTB

367 (16.2)

69 (14.7)

104 (18.4)

191 (18.0)

3 (1.7)

TB Category

     

   New

2081 (91.7)

458 (97.9)

543 (96.3)

920 (86.5)

160 (91.4)

   Others*

189 (8.3)

10 (2.1)

21 (3.7)

143 (13.5)

15 (8.6)

Treatment Outcome

     

   Treatment Success

1602 (70.6)

354 (75.7)

385 (68.2)

751 (70.7)

112 (64.0)

   Cured

855 (37.7)

240 (51.3)

161 (28.5)

406 (38.2)

48 (27.4)

   Completed treatment

747 (32.9)

114 (24.4)

224 (39.7)

345 (32.5)

64 (36.6)

   Died

297 (13.1)

70 (15.0)

60 (10.6)

136 (12.8)

31 (17.7)

   Treatment failure

13 (0.6)

5 (1.1)

5 (0.9)

3 (0.3)

0 (0)

   Treatment default

111 (4.9)

21 (4.5)

31 (5.5)

40 (3.8)

19 (10.9)

   Transferred out

247 (10.9)

18 (3.8)

83 (14.7)

133 (12.5)

13 (7.4)

  1. † BBH (Banso Baptist Hospital), MBH (Mbingo Baptist Hospital), BRH (Bamenda Regional Hospital), NJH (Njinikom Hospital)
  2. *Others - Includes treatment failure, treatment default, transferred in from another facility and relapse cases
  3. ¶ Treatment Success = Cured + Completed treatment