Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of pulmonary TB patients in Dawouro Zone public health care facilities, South West Ethiopia, 2012/2013
Characteristics | Number, n | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Male | 140 | 53.6 |
Female | 121 | 46.4 |
Age (years) | ||
15-24 | 85 | 32.6 |
25-34 | 80 | 30.7 |
35-44 | 54 | 20.7 |
≥ 45 | 42 | 16.0 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 170 | 65.0 |
Single | 80 | 30.7 |
Widowed | 7 | 2.7 |
Divorced | 3 | 1.2 |
Separated | 1 | 0.4 |
Religions | ||
Orthodox | 131 | 50.2 |
Protestants | 125 | 47.9 |
Catholic | 5 | 1.9 |
Ethnicity | ||
Dawuro | 245 | 93.9 |
Wolayta | 10 | 3.8 |
Others a | 6 | 2.3 |
Educational status | ||
Illiterate | 112 | 42.9 |
Able only to read/write | 26 | 10.0 |
First cycle | 58 | 22.2 |
Second cycle | 36 | 13.8 |
Preparatory | 7 | 2.7 |
College/university | 22 | 8.4 |
Occupational status | ||
Housewife | 85 | 32.6 |
Farmer | 79 | 30.3 |
Student | 57 | 21.8 |
Government employee | 31 | 11.9 |
Others b | 9 | 3.4 |
Disease classification | ||
Pulmonary TB positive | 157 | 60.2 |
Pulmonary TB negative | 104 | 39.8 |
Patients category | ||
New | 256 | 98.0 |
Treatment failure | 2 | 0.8 |
Relapse | 2 | 0.8 |
Return after default | 1 | 0.4 |
Treatment phase | ||
Intensive phase | 163 | 62.5 |
Continuation phase | 98 | 37.5 |
Treatment regimen | ||
New patient treatment regimen | 256 | 98.1 |
Retreatment patient regimen | 5 | 1.9 |
HIV status | ||
Sero-negative | 232 | 88.9 |
Sero- positive | 8 | 3.1 |
Unspecified | 21 | 8.0 |