Table 1 Demographic and clinical profile of bacteriologically-confirmed TB patients diagnosed in 21 township health centres of Mandalay Region of Myanmar between January and June 2017
Characteristics | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Total | 1365 (100) |
Age (years) | |
< 15 | 8 (0.6) |
15–44 | 805 (59.9) |
45–64 | 425 (31.1) |
≥ 65 | 127 (9.3) |
Gender | |
Male | 1018 (74.6) |
Female | 347 (25.4) |
Phone number recorded or not | |
Yes | 38 (2.8) |
No | 1327 (97.2) |
HIV status | |
Positive | 71 (5.2) |
Negative | 1060 (77.7) |
Unknown | 234 (17.1) |
History of TB treatment | |
Yes | 110 (8.1) |
No | 864 (63.3) |
Unknown | 391 (28.6) |
Sputum smear result | |
Positive | 1303 (95.5) |
Negative | 62 (4.5) |
Xpert MTB/RIF result | |
No MTB | 28 (2.1) |
Invalid | 2 (0.2) |
MTB detected | 636 (46.6) |
Not recorded | 699 (51.2) |
Site of sputum microscopy | |
Low-volume facility | 308 (22.6) |
Moderate-volume facility | 328 (24) |
High-volume facility | 729 (53.4) |