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Table 1 TB cases notified in Adama City, 2014/15–2017/18

From: High urban tuberculosis case notification rates can be misleading: evidence from an urban setting in Ethiopia

TB Case Finding^a	PPOS^b	PNEG^c	EPTB^d	Total
Within Adama	801	691	928	2420
Within Adama	82%	84%	87%	84%
Outside Adama	180	131	144	455
Outside Adama	18%	16%	13%	16%
Total	981	822	1072	2875¹
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%

^a17 TB cases were not included because the patients’ addresses were missing ^bPPOS: pulmonary smear positive TB cases ^cPNEG: clinically diagnosed smear negative pulmonary TB cases ^dEPTB: extra pulmonary TB cases

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