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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of patients who participated in the Solomon Islands national tuberculosis patient cost survey: 2017–2019

From: Economic evaluation of patient costs associated with tuberculosis diagnosis and care in Solomon Islands

Socio-demographic characteristics

Extra-pulmonary TB

N = 36

n (%)

Pulmonary TB

N = 147

n (%)

All patients

N = 183

n (%)

p value*

Age group (years)

 0–14

3 (8.3)

18 (12.2)

21 (11.5)

0.964

 15–24

10 (27.8)

31 (21.1)

41 (22.4)

 25–34

8 (22.2)

32 (21.8)

40 (21.9)

 35–44

8 (22.2)

30 (20.4)

38 (20.8)

 45–54

4 (11.1)

20 (13.6)

24 (13.1)

 55–64

2 (5.6)

9 (6.1)

11 (6.0)

 65+

1 (2.8)

7 (4.8)

8 (4.4)

 Mean (95% CI)

31.8 (26.4, 37.2)

33.0 (30.2, 35.8)

32.8 (30.3, 35.2)

0.700

Sex

 Female

19 (52.8)

72 (49.0)

91 (49.7)

0.683

 Male

17 (47.2)

75 (51.0)

92 (50.3)

Year of TB registration

 2017

0 (0.0)

13 (8.8)

13 (7.1)

0.036

 2018

20 (55.6)

95 (64.6)

115 (62.8)

 2019

16 (44.4)

39 (26.5)

55 (30.1)

Province

 Central

1 (2.8)

4 (2.7)

5 (2.7)

0.028

 Choiseul

0 (0.0)

5 (3.4)

5 (2.7)

 Guadalcanal

7 (19.4)

15 (10.2)

22 (12.0)

 Honiara City

16 (44.4)

35 (23.8)

51 (27.9)

 Makira

2 (5.6)

21 (14.3)

23 (12.6)

 Malaita

10 (27.8)

36 (24.5)

46 (25.1)

 Temotu

0 (0.0)

11 (7.5)

11 (6.0)

 Western

0 (0.0)

19 (12.9)

19 (10.4)

 Ysabel

0 (0.0)

1 (0.7)

1 (0.5)

Insurance status

 No insurance

36 (100.0)

144 (98.0)

180 (98.4)

0.387

 With insurance

0 (0.0)

3 (2.0)

3 (1.6)

Education level

 No education

9 (25.7)

23 (15.6)

32 (17.6)

0.560

 Pre- or primary school

16 (45.7)

75 (51.0)

91 (50.0)

 Secondary school

8 (22.9)

41 (27.9)

49 (26.9)

 University, vocational or other

2 (5.7)

8 (5.4)

10 (5.5)

Employment status, pre-disease

 Employed

7 (19.4)

16 (10.9)

23 (12.6)

0.265

 Unemployed

14 (38.9)

75 (51.0)

89 (48.6)

 Student, retired, household work or other

15 (41.7)

56 (38.1)

71 (38.8)

Household size

 Mean (95% CI)

6.7 (5.7, 7.7)

6.7 (6.3, 7.2)

6.7 (6.3, 7.1)

0.970

Reported household income, monthly, pre-disease, monthly

 Median (IQR)

12.3 (0.0, 87.4)

24.6 (12.3, 92.4)

22.2 (12.3, 91.1)

0.252

TB patient was main income earner

 Yes

1 (2.8)

8 (5.4)

9 (4.9)

0.694

 No

14 (38.9)

66 (44.9)

80 (43.7)

 Equal contributor

13 (36.1)

40 (27.2)

53 (29.0)

 Not an income earner

8 (22.2)

33 (22.4)

41 (22.4)

  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval; IQR Inter quartile range; TB Tuberculosis.* P values compare the proportions of patients with the characteristic of interest, in the pulmonary and extra-pulmonary groups