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Table 2 Failure and death at time of follow-up of tuberculosis patients with treatment default or transfer-out.

From: Mortality and failure among tuberculosis patients who did not complete treatment in Vietnam: a cohort study

 

Default

  

Transfer-out

     

Total

  
 

Death

Total*

 

Failure

Total

 

Death

Total*

 

Death = 8 months after treatment initiation

Total*

 
 

n (%)

n

p

n (%)

n

p

n (%)

n

p

n

n

p

All

9 (27%, 95%CI 13–46%)

33

 

10 (29%, 95%CI 15–47%)

34

 

19 (36%, 95%CI 23–50%)

53

 

15 (17%, 95%CI 10–27%)

86

 

Age, years

  

0.002

  

0.85

  

0.74

  

0.100

   15–34

0 (0%)

11

 

2 (33%)

5

 

4 (44%)

9

 

1 (5%)

20

 

   35–54

1 (14%)

7

 

4 (29%)

14

 

6 (30%)

20

 

4 (15%)

27

 

   ≥55

8 (53%)

15

 

4 (27%)

15

 

9 (37%)

24

 

10 (26%)

39

 

Sex

  

0.78

  

1.0

  

1.0

  

1.00

   Men

4 (25%)

16

 

6 (29%)

21

 

11 (34%)

32

 

8 (17%)

48

 

   Women

5 (29%)

17

 

4 (31%)

13

 

8 (38%)

21

 

7 (18%)

38

 

Area

  

0.019

  

0.47

  

0.32

  

0.074

   Urban

1 (8%)

12

 

3 (43%)

7

 

4 (36%)

11

 

1 (4%)

23

 

   Mountainous/remote

6 (60%)

10

 

3 (37%)

8

 

8 (50%)

16

 

7 (27%)

26

 

   Rural

2 (18%)

11

 

4 (21%)

19

 

7 (27%)

26

 

7 (19%)

37

 
  1. * total = number of deaths & number with known survival
  2. total = number of patients who did not have bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis