Application of Cox Proportional Hazards Model in Case of Tuberculosis Patients in Selected Addis Ababa Health Centres, Ethiopia

Table 1

Characteristics of tuberculosis patient data under DOTS from six randomly selected governmental health centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from September 2011 to August 2012.

Patients characteristics	Summary of the number of death and censored values
	Total	Death	Percent death	Censored	Percent censored
Gender
Male	414	53	12.80	361	87.20
Female	412	52	12.62	360	87.38
Age categories
0–24	284	22	7.75	262	92.25
25–44	389	55	14.14	334	85.86
≥45	153	28	18.30	125	81.70
TB patients cat.
New	712	80	11.24	632	88.76
Nonnew	114	25	21.93	89	78.07
Type of TB
Pul. positive	202	21	10.40	181	89.60
Pul. negative	293	41	13.99	252	86.01
Extra pulmonary	331	43	12.99	288	87.01
Smear result
Positive	202	21	10.4	181	89.60
Negative	624	84	13.46	540	86.54
HIV status
Positive	239	53	22.18	186	77.82
Negative	587	52	8.86	535	91.14
Initial weight
<35	62	13	20.97	49	79.03
≥35	764	92	12.04	672	87.96