Declining Trends in Childhood TB Notifications and Profile of Notified Patients in the City of Harare, Zimbabwe, from 2009 to 2018

Table 2

Demographic and clinical characteristics of childhood TB patients in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2015–2017.

Characteristics	N	(%)
Total	556	(100)
Gender
Male	292	(53)
Female	264	(47)
Age (years)
<5	339	(61)
5 to 9	106	(19)
10 to 14	109	(20)
Not recorded	2	(0)
Type of TB patient
New	509	(92)
Retreatment	17	(3)
DR-TB	18	(3)
Not recorded	12	(2)
Type of TB
Pulmonary TB	474	(85)
Extrapulmonary TB	75	(13)
Not recorded	7	(1)
HIV status
Negative	291	(52)
Positive	222	(40)
Unknown	14	(3)
Not recorded	29	(5)
ART status (n = 222)
On ART	131	(59)
Not on ART	11	(5)
Not recorded	80	(36)
Sputum smear
Negative	164	(29)
Positive	52	(9)
Not done	268	(48)
Not recorded	72	(13)
Treatment regimen
Drug-sensitive	497	(89)
DR-TB	18	(3)
Not recorded	41	(7)