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Table 1 General characteristics of study subjects (n = 4000), Gondar University Teaching Hospital, 2003-2008.

From: Treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients at Gondar University Teaching Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. A five - year retrospective study

Characteristics

Frequency

Percent

Sex

  

Male

2140

53.5

Female

1860

46.5

Address

  

Urban

2062

51.5

Rural

1938

48.5

Age group(years)

  

0-14

747

18.7

15-24

901

22.5

25-34

1142

28.6

35-44

672

16.8

45-54

297

7.4

55-64

142

3.5

≥ 65

99

2.5

Tuberculosis type

  

Smear positive pulmonary TB

671

16.8

Smear negative pulmonary TB

2196

54.9

Extrapulmonary TB

1133

28.3

  1. TB = tuberculosis
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