Characteristics Treatment outcomes Total Pearson Chi-Square (P-value)
Cured N (%) Treatment completed N (%) Defaulted N (%) Failed N (%) Died N (%)
Sex Male 151(17.8) 598(70.3) 26(3.1) 8(0.9) 67(7.9) 850 1.4 (0.846)
Female 107(16.2) 475(71.9) 19(2.8) 4(0.6) 56(8.5)  661
Age (years) ≤ 14 5(5.5) 84(92.3) 1(1.1) 0 1(1.1) 91 70.0 (P < 0.01)
15-24 93(13.3) 273(68.4) 8(2) 3(0.8) 22(5.5) 399
25-34 89(19.5) 313(68.6) 14(3.1) 4(0.9) 36(7.9) 456
35-44 49(17.3) 196(69.3) 6(2.1) 2(0.7) 30(10.6) 283
45-54 10(7.7) 95(73.1) 9(6.9) 2(1.5) 14(10.8) 130
55-64 5(5.7) 66(75) 4(4.5) 1(1.1) 12(13.6) 88
> 65 7(10.9) 46(71.9) 3(4.7) 0 8(12.5) 64
Tuberculosis history Previous TB historya 27(38) 27(38) 5(7.0) 4(5.6) 8(11.3) 71 57.6 (P < 0.01)
New TB cases 231(16) 1046(72.6) 40(2.8) 8(0.6) 115(8.0) 1440
Weight (Kgs) < 20 1(2.3)   42(95.5) 0 0 1(2.3) 44 35.9 (P < 0.01)
20-39 30(16.9) 124(69.7) 5(2.8) 0 19(10.7) 178
40-55 183(18.7) 671(68.5) 24(2.5) 10(1.0) 91(9.3) 979
> 55 44(14.2) 236(76.1) 16(5.2) 2(0.6) 12(3.9) 310
TB type Pulmonary TB 258(29.8 496(57.2) 29(3.3) 12(1.4) 72(8.3) 867 2.7 (P < 0.01)
Extra pulmonary TB 0 549(89.7) 12(2.0) 0 51(8.3) 612
Bothb 0 28(87.5) 4(12.5) 0 0 32
Pulmonary TB typec Smear positive pulmonary TB 256(77.6) 26(7.9) 15(4.5) 11(3.3) 22(6.7) 330 6.8 (P < 0.01)
Smear negative pulmonary TB 2(0.4)   498(87.5) 18(3.2) 1(0.2) 50(8.8) 569
HIV status Positive 91(15.6) 385(65.9) 24(4.1) 7(1.2) 77(13.2) 584 42.9 (P < 0.01)
Negative 154(18.6) 613(73.9) 18(2.2% 5(0.6) 40(4.8) 830
Unknown 13(13.4) 75(77.3) 3(3.1) 0 6(6.2) 97
Defaulting history Yes 1 (33.3) 1(33.3) 0 0 1(33.3) 3 3.5 (0.475)
No 257(17.1) 1072(71.1) 45(3.0) 12(0.8) 122(8.1) 1508
aPrevious TB history represents retreatment cases (relapse, failure, defaulter), bboth represents only combination of extra pulmonary TB and smear negative pulmonary TB; smear positive pulmonary TB and extra pulmonary TB combination is grouped under pulmonary TB, cthe frequency distribution(n) is calculated out of 899.
Table 1: Treatment outcome of TB patients with respect to selected variables in Dessie and Woldiya town governmental health institutions, 2010-2012.