Research Article
The Poor Survival among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Chiapas, Mexico: The Case of Los Altos Region
Table 1
Demographic, socioeconomic, and antituberculosis treatment-related indicators among the study patients.
| Indicator (%) | Total | Alive | Deceased | Significance ( Mantel-Cox) |
| Demographic |
| Sex | | | |
0.556 | Male | 51.1 | 52.6 | 50.7 | Female | 48.9 | 47.4 | 49.3 |
| Age group (years) | | | |
<0.001 | 15–34 | 46.9 | 52.9 | 29.5 | 35–44 | 18.4 | 18.9 | 16.7 | 45 and over | 34.8 | 28.2 | 53.8 |
| Type of community of residence | | | |
0.493 | Rural | 69.8 | 69.2 | 71.8 | Urban | 30.2 | 30.8 | 28.2 |
| Speak Spanish | | | |
0.328 | Yes | 69.2 | 70.5 | 65.4 | No | 30.8 | 29.5 | 34.6 |
| Indigenous | | | |
0.903 | Yes | 85.6 | 85.9 | 84.6 | No | 14.4 | 14.1 | 15.4 |
| Socioeconomic |
| Educational level | | | |
0.020 | 0–3 years of schooling | 73.1 | 69.2 | 84.6 | More than 3 years of schooling | 26.9 | 30.8 | 15.4 |
| Occupation | | | |
0.113 | Agricultural | 41.6 | 39.2 | 48.7 | Non-agricultural | 58.4 | 60.8 | 51.3 |
| With social security | | | |
0.102 | Yes | 22.0 | 22.9 | 19.2 | No | 78.0 | 77.1 | 80.8 |
| Antituberculosis treatment related |
| DOTS strategy treatment | | | |
0.041 | Yes | 12.8 | 15.0 | 6.4 | No | 87.2 | 85.0 | 93.6 |
| Duration of treatment (completion) | | | |
<0.001 | Not | 22.3 | 11.9 | 52.6 | Yes | 77.7 | 88.1 | 47.4 |
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