Assessment of Two Years’ Sputum Smear Results among Tuberculosis Suspected Patients in Gambella Regional Hospital, Western Ethiopia

Table 1

Total frequency of sex, age, and pulmonary tuberculosis suspects in Gambella Regional Hospital, May 2013–February 2015.

Variable	Number	Percent (%)
Sex
Male	1823	59.5
Female	1241	40.5
Age
15 years and below	273	8.9
16–25 years	1046	34.1
26–35 years	848	27.7
36–45 years	456	14.9
46 years and above	441	14.4
Suspect M. tuberculosis cases
New	2587	84.4
Follow-up	477	15.6
Period
March 2013–Feb. 2014	1572	51.3
March 2014–Feb. 2015	1492	48.7