Treatment Outcome of Tuberculosis Patients at Enfraz Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia: A Five-Year Retrospective Study

Table 2

Treatment outcomes of TB patients with their characteristics at DOTS clinic of Enfarz health center, 2007–2011.

Characteristics	Treatment outcomes
	Cured	Treatment completed	Defaulter	Failure	Dead	Transferred out
Sex
Male	32 (16.1)*	145 (72.9)	2 (1.0)	2 (1.0)	9 (4.5)	9 (4.5)
Female	45 (20.6)	157 (72.0)	3 (1.4)	0 (0.0)	5 (2.3)	8 ( 3.7)
Residence
Urban	23 (15.6)	105 (71.4)	3 (2.0)	0 (0.0)	7 (4.8)	9 (6.1)
Rural	54 (20.0)	197 (73.0)	2 (0.7)	2 (0.7)	7 (2.6)	8 (3.0)
Age (years)
0–14	2 (3.3)	55 (90.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	4 (6.6)
15–24	17 (21.8)	57 (73.1)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.3)	3 (3.8)
25–34	27 (24.1)	74 (66.1)	1 (0.9)	1 (0.9)	5 (4.5)	4 (3.6)
35–44	13 (18.6)	47 (67.1)	2 (2.9)	1 (1.4)	4 (5.7)	3 (4.3)
45–54	12 (26.7)	31 (68.9)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.2)	1 (2.2)
55–64	3 (10.0)	24 (80.0)	2 (6.7)	0 (0.0)	1 (3.3)	0 (0.0)
≥65	3 (14.3)	14 (66.7)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (9.5)	2 (9.5)
TB type
Smear-positive	77 (81.1)	13 (13.7)	1 (1.1)	1 (1.1)	2 (2.1)	1 (1.1)
Smear-negative	—	128 (90.8)	2 (1.4)	0 (0.0)	8 (5.7)	3 (2.1)
EPTB	—	161 (89.0)	2 (1.1)	1 (0.6)	4 (2.2)	13 (7.2)
HIV status
Negative	35 (19.2)	133 (73.1)	1 (0.5)	0 (0.0)	7 (3.8)	6 (3.3)
Positive	7 (29.2)	13 (54.2)	1 (4.2)	0 (0.0)	1 (4.2)	2 (8.3)
Unknown	35 (17.5)	145 (72.5)	3 (1.5)	2 (1.0)	6 (3.0)	9 (4.5)
Refused to test	0 (0.0)	11 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)

∗Figures in parenthesis indicate percentage.