Table 4 Trends of treatment outcomes and TB types in children in the five year period
From: Treatment outcomes of childhood tuberculosis in Addis Ababa: a five-year retrospective analysis
Treatment outcome and type of TB | Time (in years) | Total No (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 No (%) | 2010 No (%) | 2011 No (%) | 2012 No (%) | 2013 No (%) | ||
Treatment outcome | ||||||
Success (cured) | 78 (78.0) | 86 (85.1) | 83 (84.7) | 87 (88.8) | 87 (92.6) | 420 (85.5) |
Transferred out | 21 (21.0) | 11 (10.9) | 14 (14.3) | 5 (5.1) | 4 (5.3) | 55 (11.2) |
Default | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.6) |
Death | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (1.0) | 4 (4.1) | 3 (3.2) | 9 (1.8) |
Failure | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.4) |
Unknown | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.6) |
Total | 100 (20.4) | 101 (20.6) | 98 (19.9) | 98 (19.9) | 94 (19.1) | 491 (100) |
Type of TB | ||||||
SPPTB | 9 (9.0) | 10 (9.9) | 9 (9.2) | 7 (7.1) | 7 (7.4) | 42 (8.6) |
SNPTB | 42 (42.0) | 41 (40.6) | 38 (38.8) | 44 (47.9) | 41 (43.6) | 206 (42.0) |
EPTB | 49 (49.0) | 50 (49.5) | 51 (52.0) | 47 (48.0) | 46 (48.9) | 243 (49.5) |