Inaccuracy of Death Certificate Diagnosis of Tuberculosis and Potential Underdiagnosis of TB in a Region of High HIV Prevalence
Table 1
Clinical and demographic characteristics.
Total number of TB deaths
Sex, female (%)
144 (36%)
Sex, male (%)
122 (30%)
Sex not documented on death certificate
137 (34%)
Average age at death, years (standard deviation)
36 (14)
Pulmonary TB (%)
227 (56%)
EPTB (%)
118 (29%)
Miliary/disseminated
30 (7%)
Meningitis
59 (15%)
Peritonitis
20 (5%)
Spine
5 (1.2%)
Lymphadenitis
3 (0.7%)
Pericardium
1 (0.2%)
TB source unknown
58 (14%)
Documented HIV positive*
22 (5.4%)
Presumed HIV positive**
55 (13.6%)
HIV status unknown
326 (81%)
*Documented HIV positive via CD4 or HIV viral load records; **Presumed HIV positive due to death certificate diagnosis of HIV, retroviral disease (RVD), or AIDS-defining opportunistic infection.
