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Table 3 Treatment outcomes by within 10 months after treatment initiation (n = 182,890)

From: Treatment outcomes among children, adolescents, and adults on treatment for tuberculosis in two metropolitan municipalities in Gauteng Province, South Africa

 

All

N = 182890

Children

(<10 years)

N = 18259

Young Adolescents

(10–14 years)

N = 2032

Older Adolescents

(15–19 years)

N = 3931

Young Adults

(20–24 years)

N = 11686

Adults

(25–49 years)

N = 123363

Older Adults

(≥50 years)

N = 23619

Treatment Successa

152672 (83.48%)

16727 (91.61%)

1844 (90.75%)

3399 (86.47%)

9587 (82.04%)

102192 (82.84%)

18923 (80.12%)

All Outcomes

 Completed

94118 (51.46%)

16298 (89.26%)

1410 (69.39%)

1639 (41.69%)

4589 (39.27%)

58757 (47.63%)

11425 (48.37%)

 Cured

55625 (30.41%)

244 (1.34%)

390 (19.19%)

1702 (43.30%)

4844 (41.45%)

41351 (33.52%)

7094 (30.04%)

 Died

9909 (5.42%)

209 (1.14%)

52 (2.56%)

109 (2.77%)

389 (3.33%)

6713 (5.44%)

2437 (10.32%)

 Loss to follow-up (LTFU)

10001 (5.47%)

631 (3.46%)

60 (2.95%)

224 (5.70%)

890 (7.62%)

7046 (5.71%)

1150 (4.57%)

 Treatment failed

364 (0.20%)

2 (0.01%)

0 (0.00%)

7 (0.18%)

29 (0.25%)

270 (0.22%)

56 (0.24%)

 Transferred out/not evaluated

9835 (5.38%)

681 (3.73%)

75 (3.69%)

191 (4.86%)

782 (6.69%)

7069 (5.73%)

1037 (4.39%)

 Still on treatment ≥10 months

3038 (1.66%)

194 (1.06%)

45 (2.21%)

59 (1.50%)

163 (1.39%)

2157 (1.57%)

420 (1.78%)

Person-time in months

 Full sample, median (IQR)

6.1 (6.0–6.9)

6.1 (6.0–6.4)

6.2 (6.0–7.4)

6.1 (6.0–6.8)

6.1 (5.9–6.8)

6.1 (5.9–7.1)

6.1 (5.8–7.0)

 Outcome sample, median (IQR) b

6.1 (6.0–6.9)

6.1 (6.0–6.4)

6.2 (6.0–7.3)

6.1 (6.0–6.8)

6.1 (6.0–6.9)

6.2 (6.0–7.1)

6.1 (6.0–6.9)

  1. IQR interquartile range
  2. aTreatment success is the sum of completed and cured. bPerson time calculated among those with a treatment outcomes assigned (i.e. excludes patients still on treatment and patients with no available outcome)