Characteristics   Frequency Percent
Sex Male 1,255 54.49
Female 1,048 45.51
Age group (yrs) 0-14 578 25.10
15-24 530 23.01
25-34 648 28.14
35-44 318 13.81
45-54 163 7.08
55-64 50 2.17
>64 16 0.69
TB type SPPTB 613 26.65
SNPTB 1158 50.35
EPTB 529 23.00
TB patients category New 2,137 92.87
Relapse 64 2.78
Return after default 37 1.61
Transferred out 2 0.09
Others 61 2.65
Yrs=years, SPPTB=smear positive pulmonary TB, SNPTB=Smear negative pulmonary TB, EPTB=extrapulmonary TB
Table 3: General characteristics of study subjects (n=2303), Gambella regional hospital, 2006-2010.