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Table 1 Characteristics of all pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed TB patients who registered between January 2012 and December 2015

From: A four-year trend in pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis case detection in Kampala-Uganda

Background characteristics

n (%)

Total, n

6551

Residence of TB patients by division

 Kawempe

1807(27.6)

 Lubaga

1206(18.4)

 Makindye

1140(17.4)

 Nakawa

649(9.9)

 Central

401(6.1)

 Others

1348(20.6)

Sex

 Female

2817(43.0)

 Male

3734(57.0)

Age (years)

  < 5

20(0.3)

 5–19

605(9.2)

 20–34

3572(54.5)

 35–49

1872(28.6)

 50–64

358(5.5)

  > 65

96(1.5)

 Missing

28(0.4)

 Mean Age

31.92 ± SD 11.24

HIV serostatus

 Positive

2843(43.4)

 Negative

3593(54,6)

 Unknown

115(1.76)

Diagnostic test

 Sputum smear microscopy

4905(74.9)

 GeneXpert test

1023(15.6)

 Culture test

4(0.1)

 Unknown

619(9.4)

Type of facility

 Private

2566(39.2)

 Public

3985(60.8)

  1. Source: Primary Data. TB-Tuberculosis, HIV-Human Immunodeficiency Virus