Skip to main content

Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic characteristics of DR-TB patients on second line anti-TB treatment in Amhara region, Ethiopia (2010 to 2017)

From: Time to poor treatment outcome and its predictors among drug-resistant tuberculosis patients on second-line anti-tuberculosis treatment in Amhara region, Ethiopia: retrospective cohort study

Variables

Frequency

Percent

Sex

 Male

283

55.7

 Female

225

44.3

Age

  < = 24

165

32.5

 25–44

258

50.8

  ≥ 45

85

16.7

Marital status(n = 494)

 Never married

248

50.2

 Married

183

37.1

 Divorced

47

9.5

 Widowed

16

3.2

Education

 No education

227

44.7

 Primary

142

28.0

 Secondary and above

139

27.3

Occupation

 Farmer

145

28.5

 House wife

87

17.1

 Daily Laborer

66

13.0

 Government employed

112

22.0

 Student

98

19.4

Religion

 Orthodox Christian

414

81.5

 Muslim

86

16.9

 Others*

8

1.6

Residence

 Urban

243

47.8

 Rural

265

52.2

  1. Other * = Catholic and protestant