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Table 1 Case finding from TB suspect registers in the 54 facilities sampled in the present evaluation, Quarter 1 2009

From: Completeness and Reliability of the Republic of South Africa National Tuberculosis (TB) Surveillance System

 

KwaZulu-Natal n (%)

Mpumpulanga n (%)

Gauteng n (%)

Total n (%)

TB suspects

4042

1312

3055

8409

TB suspects with smear result recorded

2869 (71.0)

1091 (83.2)

2893 (94.7)

6853 (81.5)

TB suspects with positive sputum smear

380 (13.2)

205 (18.8)

272 (9.4)

857 (12.5)

  1. Percentages (%) reflect proportion of the row immediately above