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Table 3 Life table for tuberculosis patients’ loss to follow-up status by type of health facility, for 1341 TB patients enrolled into TB treatment and care at public health facilities, rural Ethiopia, during 2008–2015

From: Does time to loss to follow-up differ among adult tuberculosis patients initiated on tuberculosis treatment and care between general hospital and health centers? A retrospective cohort study

First-order Controls

Interval start time

Number entering interval

Number exposed to risk

LTFU

Proportion surviving

Cumulative proportion surviving at end of interval

Hazard rate

Type of facility

Health center

0.0

614

586

53

0.91

0.91

0.05

2.0

505

488

20

0.96

0.87

0.02

4.0

452

331

6

0.98

0.86

0.01

6.0

204

121

3

0.98

0.84

0.01

8.0

35

18.5

2

0.89

0.74

0.00

General Hospital

0.0

727

709.5

25

0.96

0.96

0.02

2.0

667

649

9

0.99

0.95

0.01

4.0

622

438

4

0.99

0.94

0.00

6.0

250

140

0

1.00

0.94

0.00

8.0

30

15

0

1.00

0.94

0.00