Research Article

Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP): Public Health and Economic Burden of Tuberculosis in Jarso District of West Wollega Zone, Oromia, Western Ethiopia

Table 7

Descriptions of retrospective data of TB patients between September 2019 and 2020.

DescriptionsCategoriesFrequencyPercentage (%)

Age (in years)0-1747.8
18-402447.0
41-601937.3
>6047.8

SexMale2447.0
Female2752.9

ResidenceUrban1121.6
Rural4078.4

Registration status of TBRegistered3262.7
Nonregistered1937.3

Place of diagnosisPublic health center3160.8
Privet clinics2039.2

Type of TBPulmonary +ve3772.5
Pulmonary_ve59.8
Extrapulmonary917.6

Outcome of RxCured4996.1
Death23.9

Registered: registered in Jarso Health Center, Nonregistered: searched extensively using snowball methods, Outcome of Rx: the result obtained after treatment, Pulmonary +ve: bacteriologically confirmed, and Pulmonary_ve: bacteriologically unconfirmed.