Table 1 TB patients characteristics by TB-DOTS centres (n = 643)
Variable | All | TB-DOTS Centre’sa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | A n (%) | B n (%) | C n (%) | D n (%) | E n (%) | ||
Total Registered TB Cases | 643 (100) | 193 (30) | 154 (24) | 126 (20) | 64 (10) | 106 (16) | |
Sex | Male | 347 (53.8) | 103 (53.4) | 84 (54.5) | 64 (50.8) | 38 (59.4) | 57 (53.8) |
Female | 297 (46.2) | 90 (46.6) | 70 (45.5) | 62 (49.2) | 26 (40.6) | 49 (46.2) | |
Age Group (years) | 0–14 | 34 (5.3) | 11 (5.7) | 12 (7.8) | 4 (3.2) | 2 (3.1) | 5 (4.7) |
15–24 | 206 (32) | 59 (30.6) | 39 (25.3) | 56 (44.4) | 13 (20.3) | 39 (36.8) | |
25–49 | 284 (44.2) | 81 (42) | 74 (48) | 52 (41.2) | 37 (57.8) | 40 (37.7) | |
Above 50 | 119 (18.5) | 42 (21.8) | 29 (18.8) | 14 (11.1) | 12 (18.8) | 22 (20.7) | |
Ethnic Groupb | Dalit | 15 (2.3) | 5 (2.6) | 2 (1.3) | 1 (0.8) | 5 (7.8) | 2 (1.9) |
Janajati | 375 (58.3) | 107 (55.4) | 77 (50) | 102 (81) | 33 (51.6) | 56 (52.8) | |
Madhesi | 26 (4.1) | 7 (3.6) | 5 (3.2) | 2 (1.6) | 7 (10.9) | 5 (4.7) | |
Muslim | 9 (1.4) | 3 (1.6) | 3 (2) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.6) | 1 (0.9) | |
Brahman/Chhetri | 218 (33.9) | 71 (36.8) | 67 (43.51 | 20 (15.8) | 18 (28.1) | 42 (39.6) | |