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Table 4 Proportion of households experiencing catastrophic costs due to TB, by different thresholds ( n = 777)

From: Economic burden of tuberculosis in Tanzania: a national survey of costs faced by tuberculosis-affected households

Threshold as % of annual household expenditure

Households facing catastrophic costs n (%)

(The End TB Strategy indicator)

 10%

536 (69.0)

20%

349 (44.9)

 30%

240 (30.9)

 40%

179 (23)

 50%

143 (18.4)

 60%

119 (15.3)