Delays in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis within a context of medium incidence, Medellín, Colombia, 2017: an operational research

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of new patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Medellín, Colombia, May–September 2017

Sociodemographic characteristics	Total		PD		HSD
	n (%)		Me [IQR]		Me [IQR]
	183 (100)		35 [14–84]		27 [7–89]
Age (years)^a	37	[27–54]	–		–
Age (years)
< 60	149	(81.42)	35	[16–84]	24	[8–78]
≥ 60	34	(18.58)	39.5	[14–78]	32.5	[6–92]
Gender
Female	96	(52.46)	30	[14–64]	32.5	[8–88]
Male	87	(47.54)	48	[15–91]	19	[7–91]
Educational level
Basic-medium	122	(66.67)	48	[21–91]	25	[7–73]
Superior	61	(33.33)	28	[9–54]	33	[8–114]
Marital status
Married-common-law	71	(38.80)	33	[14–65]	50	[11–113]
Single-separated-widowed	112	(61.20)	36.5	[16–92]	17	[7–63]
Socioeconomic level
Medium-high	23	(12.57)	27	[7–41]	29	[13–93]
Low	160	(87.43)	39.5	[17–89]	26.5	[7–88]
Health insurance
Subsidized	70	(38.25)	61	[30–106]	13	[5–37]
Others	113	(61.75)	29	[14–61]	45	[11–110]
Work status
Unemployed	126	(68.85)	46.5	[19–90]	23	[7–92]
Employed	57	(31.15)	28	[12–61]	33	[11–73]
Homeless^b
No	177	(96.72)	35	[14–84]	29	[8–91]
Yes	6	(3.28)	63	[35–106]	7	[3–13]
Health worker
No	172	(93.99)	36.5	[15–86]	27	[7–90]
Yes	11	(6.01)	21	[5–41]	20	[11–75]

PD patient delay; HSD health system delay; Me median; IQR interquartile range
^aMedian [interquartile range]
^bInstitutionalized in the municipal shelter

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