Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of bacteriologically confirmed TB patients enrolled in the survey
From: Experience on the first national anti-TB drug resistance survey (DRS) in Timor-Leste
Patient characteristics | New N = 844 | Previously treated N = 73 | Combined N = 917 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency (n) | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 479 | 56.8 | 45 | 61.6 | 524 | 57.1 |
Female | 365 | 43.2 | 28 | 38.4 | 393 | 42.9 |
Age | ||||||
0–14 | 19 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 2.1 |
15–24 | 212 | 25.1 | 11 | 15.1 | 223 | 24.3 |
25–34 | 179 | 21.2 | 19 | 26.0 | 198 | 21.6 |
35–44 | 111 | 13.2 | 7 | 9.6 | 118 | 12.9 |
45–54 | 107 | 12.7 | 18 | 24.7 | 125 | 13.6 |
55–64 | 107 | 12.7 | 6 | 8.2 | 113 | 12.3 |
65+ | 109 | 12.9 | 12 | 16.4 | 121 | 13.2 |
HIV statusa | ||||||
Negative | 863 | 98.7 | 77 | 98.6 | 904 | 98.7 |
Positive | 11 | 1.3 | 1 | 1.4 | 12 | 1.3 |
Municipality | ||||||
Aileu | 23 | 2.7 | 2 | 2.7 | 25 | 2.7 |
Ainaro | 14 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 1.5 |
Baucau | 43 | 5.1 | 4 | 5.5 | 47 | 5.1 |
Bobonaro | 68 | 8.1 | 6 | 8.2 | 74 | 8.1 |
Covalima | 37 | 4.4 | 4 | 5.5 | 41 | 4.5 |
Dili | 297 | 35.2 | 28 | 38.4 | 325 | 35.4 |
Ermera | 211 | 25.0 | 9 | 12.3 | 220 | 24.0 |
Lauten | 26 | 3.1 | 5 | 6.8 | 31 | 3.4 |
Liquica | 31 | 3.7 | 5 | 6.8 | 36 | 3.9 |
Manatuto | 24 | 2.8 | 3 | 4.1 | 27 | 2.9 |
Manufahi | 17 | 2.0 | 4 | 5.5 | 21 | 2.3 |
Oecusse | 33 | 3.9 | 2 | 2.7 | 35 | 3.8 |
Viqueque | 20 | 2.4 | 1 | 1.4 | 21 | 2.3 |