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Table 1 Trend of TB notifications in children in Kampala district divisions 2011–2015

From: Trend and outcome of notified children with tuberculosis during 2011-2015 in Kampala, Uganda

Age group

Division

 

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

p value for trend

Overall (adults and children)

Central

 

626

256

597

1128

1199

 

Kawempe

 

4054

2440

2866

3475

3040

 

Nakawa

 

878

457

753

1000

1151

 

Rubaga

 

1339

533

901

1048

1152

 

Makindye

 

979

443

788

1448

670

 

Proportion of children

  

7.2%

10%

6.9%

6.3%

6%

0.35

0–4 years

Central

notified

0

0

0

20

18

 

rateb

0

0

0

232

204

0.17

Kawempe

notified

194

147

130

191

117

 

rateb

410

304

264

380

228

0.0003***

Nakawa

notified

0

0

4

7

21

 

rateb

0

0

9

17

50

0.004**

Lubaga

notified

86

47

50

36

36

 

rateb

155

83

86

61

60

<0.0001****

Makindye

notified

33

37

25

27

15

 

rateb

64

70

46

49

26

0.0002***

5–14 years

Central

notified

0

0

0

25

33

 

rateb

0

0

0

217

281

0.004**

Kawempe

notified

153

95

105

120

107

 

rateb

239

145

157

176

154

0.0009***

Nakawa

notified

0

0

11

13

37

 

rateb

0

0

17

19

55

0.007**

Lubaga

notified

54

56

56

38

34

 

rateb

68

49

33

40

19

<0.0001****

Makindye

notified

48

35

24

30

15

 

rateb

67

47

32

39

19

<0.0001****

  1. bnotification per 100,000
  2. * P ≤ 0.05, ** P ≤ 0.01, *** P ≤ 0.001, **** P ≤ 0.0001