Table 1 |
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| Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the study patients (N = 450) | |
| Variable | Total n (%) |
| Age (years) | |
| ≤40 | 354 (79) |
| 41-65 | 90 (20) |
| >65 | 6 (1) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 204 (45) |
| Male | 246 (55) |
| Residence | |
| Rural | 354 (79) |
| Urban | 96 (21) |
| Education | |
| No formal education | 174 (39) |
| At least 6 years of formal education | 276 (61) |
| Walking distance to the nearest public facility (minutes) | |
| ≤60 | 30 (7) |
| 61 – 120 | 138 (31) |
| >120 | 282 (62) |
| Occupation | |
| Farmers | 222 (49) |
| Trading | 114 (25) |
| Labourer | 54 (12) |
| Housewife | 24 (5) |
| Civil servant | 12 (3) |
| Students | 24 (5) |
| First visited NTP provider | |
| Yes | 72 (16) |
| No | 378 (84) |
| HIV Status | |
| Positive | 132 (29) |
| Negative | 318 (71) |
| Smear status | |
| Smear positive | 348 (77) |
| Smear negative | 102 (33) |
| Had a chest X-ray | |
| Yes | 300 (67) |
| No | 150 (33) |
NTP = National Tuberculosis Control Programme; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus.
Ukwaja et al. BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:25 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-13-25
