Survival time among patients who were diagnosed with tuberculosis, the precocious deaths and associated factors in southern Brazil

Table 2 Characteristics of the patients who died due to TB, Curitiba-Brazil

Variables	Categories	All deaths
Variables	Categories	N (146)	(%)
Coinfection (basic cause)^a	Yes (TB/HIV)	62	42.5
Coinfection (basic cause)^a	No (only TB)	84	57.5
Gender (14)^a	Female	32	21.9
Gender (14)^a	Male	114	78.1
Ethnicity (133)^a	White or oriental	96	65.8
	Afrodescendant	40	27.4
	Not reported	10	6.8
Years of schooling^a	0-7 years of schooling	84	57,5
	8 or more years of schooling	42	28,8
	Not reported	20	13.7
Marital status^a	Married/common-law marriage	46	31.5
	Single/widowed/separated or divorced	84	57.5
	Not reported	16	11.0
Type of entry^b	New case	122	83.6
	Re-entry or retreatment	24	16.4
	Not reported	0	0
Inpatient treatment^b	No	115	78.8
	Yes	16	11.0
	Not reported	15	10.2
X-ray confirmation of diagnosis^b	No	22	15.1
X-ray confirmation of diagnosis^b	Yes/suspicious	124	84.9
Clinical form^b	Pulmonary	106	72.6
Clinical form^b	Extrapulmonary	40	27.4
Alcoholism^b	No	90	61.7
	Yes	50	34.2
	Not reported	06	4.1
Diabetes mellitus (DM)^b	No	136	93.1
	Yes	03	2.1
	Not reported	07	4.8
Microscopy^b	Negative	40	27.4
	Positive	81	55.5
	Not reported	25	17.1
Sputum culture (40)^b	Negative	20	13.7
	Positive	20	13.7
	Not reported	106	72.6
Rifampicin^b	No	06	4.1
	Yes	128	87.7
	Not reported	12	8.2
Isoniazid^b	No	06	4.1
	Yes	128	87.7
	Not reported	12	8.2
Pyrazinamide^b	No	06	4.1
	Yes	128	87.7
	Not reported	12	8.2
Ethambutol^b	No	37	25.3
	Yes	97	66.5
	Not reported	12	8.2
Streptomycin^b	No	131	89.7
	Yes	03	2.1
	Not reported	12	8.2
Ethionamide^b	No	132	90.4
	Yes	01	0.7
	Not reported	13	8.9
Medication used: other drugs^b	No	122	83.6
	Yes	07	4.8
	Not reported	17	11.6
Directly observed therapy (DOT)^b	No	18	12.3
	Yes	114	78.1
	Not reported	14	9.6

^aVariables from the first database Mortality information system Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade (SIM)
^bVariables from the second database Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN)

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