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Table 6 Outcome and reasons for not completing treatment within 12 months (Enhanced Tuberculosis Surveillance)

From: Tuberculosis in UK cities: workload and effectiveness of tuberculosis control programmes

Area

2006-2008

2001-2008

 

Outcome not reported

Completed within 12 m

Lost

Unknown

Combined*

PCT

     

Birmingham East and North

4.9

85.1

5.4

5.1

10.5

Heart of Birmingham Teaching

5.5

83.1

6.0

4.7

10.7

Central Manchester

5.8

83.5

6.8

1.8

8.6

Leeds

5.0

80.9

4.4

2.5

6.9

Bradford and Airedale Teaching

5.1

78.1

6.0

0.4

6.4

Sandwell

0.0

76.8

5.4

0.9

6.3

Leicester City

5.7

86.6

4.9

0.8

5.7

Sheffield

11.4

75.8

7.4

3.9

11.3

Region

     

London

0.02

82.6

5.0

0.7

5.7

  1. *Other reasons for not completing treatment (died, still on treatment, stopped and transferred) are related to an aging population, drug-resistance and planned clinical action respectively. Data for England and Wales supplied by Health Protection Agency; data for Glasgow were not available.