Distribution of patients with TB according to treatment outcomes (n=5257)
Treatment outcome | Age group in years | Total | P value | |
15–19 No (%) | 20–24 No (%) | No (%) | ||
Cured | 782 (30.9) | 838 (30.7) | 1620 (30.8) | 0.739 |
Treatment completed | 1576 (62.4) | 1703 (62.4) | 3279 (62.4) | |
Failure | 21 (0.8) | 16 (0.6) | 37 (0.7) | |
Defaulted | 77 (3.0) | 85 (3.1) | 162 (3.1) | |
Died | 38 (1.5) | 43 (1.6) | 81 (1.5) | |
Shifted to category IV | 29 (1.1) | 35 (1.3) | 64 (1.2) | |
Transferred out | 4 (0.2) | 10 (0.4) | 14 (0.3) | |
Total | 2527 (100) | 2730 (100) | 5257 (100) |
TB, tuberculosis.