Evaluation of TB Case Finding through Systematic Contact Investigation, Chhattisgarh, India

Table 1

Age and sex distribution and clinical disposition of household contacts of sputum smear-positive TB, Rajnandgaon district of the state of Chhattisgarh, India, from December 2010 to May 2011.

Characteristic	No symptoms; (%)	Pulmonary symptoms (pulmonary TB suspects) (%)	Nonpulmonary symptoms; (%)	TB cases detected directly from contact tracing efforts; (%)^1	TB cases from passive detection^2	Total
Age in years
0–6	226 (16.4)	2 (1.4)	5 (15.2)	0 (—)	0	233
7–14	255 (18.6)	11 (7.4)	4 (12.1)	3 (20.0)	0	270
≥15	894 (65.0)	135 (91.2)	24 (72.7)	14 (8.8)	10	1,053
Sex
Male	640 (46.5)	62 (41.9)	12 (36.4)	6 (8.1)	4	714
Female	735 (53.5)	86 (58.1)	21 (63.6)	11 (10.3)	6	842
Total	1,375	148	33	17	10	1,556

Percent among presumptive TB cases per category row.
²Household contacts who self-reported to the health system prior to contact tracing.
³Not included in row total.