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Table 1 Presumptive tuberculosis patients under 15 years identified by private health providers in selected districts in Pakistan, 2016

From: How do private practitioners in Pakistan manage children suspected having tuberculosis? A cross sectional study

Province

District

Population (< 15 yrs)

N

CNRa 2016 per 100,000

Presumptive child TB cases

n

Diagnosed TBa

n (%)

Referred to NTPa

n (%)

Notified to NTP (Project notification) a

n (%)

All sites

 

8,643,221

193

6519 (0.08)

5193 (79.7)

2443 (37.5)

187 (2.9)

Punjab

Attock

483,575

175

497 (0.10)

442 (88.9)

97 (19.5)

34 (6.8)

Chiniot

362,756

232

671 (0.18)

337 (50.2)

139 (20.7)

4 (0.6)

Hafizabad

317,804

219

874 (0.28)

555 (63.5)

32 (3.7)

12 (1.4)

Vehari

837,748

225

376 (0.05)

333 (88.6)

223 (59.3)

7 (1.8)

Sindh

Shikarpur

390,208

126

623 (0.16)

394 (63.2)

128 (20.5)

2 (0.3)

Hyderabad

650,492

149

838 (0.13)

838 (100)

638 (76.1)

35 (4.2)

Karachi

4,366,147

143

1041 (0.02)

942 (90.5)

737 (70.7)

12 (1.2)

KPKa

Buner

211,496

157

232 (0.11)

148 (63.8)

89 (38.4)

43 (18.5)

Peshawar

843,278

244

1034 (0.13)

999 (96.6)

340 (34.0)

36 (3.5)

AJKa

Pallundary

97,553

89.2

118 (0.12)

114 (96.6)

15 (12.7)

2 (1.7)

Balochistan

Jhal Magsi

46,011

29

44 (0.10)

27 (61.4)

1 (2.3)

0 (0.0)

GBa

Ghizer

36,153

133

171 (0.47)

64 (37.4)

4 (2.3)

0 (0.0)

  1. a Footnotes: KPK Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, AJK Azad Jammu & Kashmir, GB Gilgit Baltistan, CNR Case Notification Rate (Routine Notification to NTP all forms)
  2. “Diagnosed TB by PP” with proportion out of all presumptive patients (“yield”). “Referred to NTP” with proportion out of all diagnosed patients. “Notified to NTP” with proportion out of all presumptive child TB patients