|
Characteristics
|
Total patients (n = 7284)
|
Patient delay (n = 7275)
|
Health system diagnosis delay (n = 7283)
|
Health system treatment delay (n = 7270)
|
Diagnosis delay (n = 7269)
|
Health system delay (n = 7275)
|
Total delay (n = 7262)
|
|---|
|
N (%)
|
Median (IQR)
|
Median (IQR)
|
Median (IQR)
|
Median (IQR)
|
Median (IQR)
|
Median (IQR)
|
|---|
|
Total
|
7284 (100)
|
16(6,34)
|
1 (0, 5)
|
0(0,0)
|
21(10,40)
|
2(0,6)
|
22(11,41)
|
|
Age group (in years)
|
|
< 15
|
33 (0.5)
|
14(5,30)
|
2(0,3)
|
0(0,1)
|
19(10,32)
|
2(1,3)
|
19(10,32)
|
|
15–44
|
4261 (58.5)
|
15(4,33)
|
1(0,6)
|
0(0,0)
|
20(9,40)
|
2(0,6)
|
21(10,41)
|
|
45–64
|
2126 (29.2)
|
19(7,35)
|
2(0,5)
|
0(0,0)
|
23(11,42)
|
2(0,5)
|
23(12,43)
|
|
> =65
|
864 (11.8)
|
18(8,34)
|
2(0,5)
|
0(0,0)
|
23(12,39)
|
2(0,5)
|
23(12,40)
|
|
Gender
|
|
Male
|
5107 (70.1)
|
15(5,33)
|
1(0,5)
|
0(0,0)
|
21(10,39)
|
2(0,5)
|
21(10,40)
|
|
Female
|
2177 (29.9)
|
17(6,37)
|
2(0,5)
|
0(0,0)
|
23(11,44)
|
2(0,6)
|
23(12,44)
|
|
Occupation
|
|
Studying
|
492 (6.8)
|
9(2,26)
|
2(0,8)
|
0(0,1)
|
17(8,31)
|
3(1,9)
|
18(8,32)
|
|
Farmers and herdsmen
|
2321 (31.8)
|
22(7,37)
|
2(0,4)
|
0(0,0)
|
27(12,42)
|
2(0,5)
|
28(12,42)
|
|
Semi-skilled employee
|
107 (1.5)
|
10(1,31)
|
3(0,11)
|
0(0,0)
|
21(7,42)
|
3(0,11)
|
21(7,42)
|
|
Salaried employee
|
1294 (17.7)
|
14(5,32)
|
1(0,5)
|
0(0,0)
|
20(9,39)
|
1(0,5)
|
20(9,39)
|
|
Non-salaried employee
|
290 (4.0)
|
14(4,37)
|
1(0,4)
|
0(0,0)
|
20(10,42)
|
2(0,6)
|
20(10,43)
|
|
Unemployed
|
2328 (32.0)
|
14(5,33)
|
1(0,6)
|
0(0,1)
|
19(10,40)
|
2(0,6)
|
20(11,40)
|
|
Others
|
452 (6.2)
|
20(8,42)
|
1(0,5)
|
0(0,0)
|
27(13,55)
|
2(0,6)
|
28(14,59)
|
|
Permanent residence
|
|
Within prefecture
|
4871 (66.9)
|
16(7,32)
|
2(0,5)
|
0(0,0)
|
21(11,38)
|
2(0,5)
|
21(11,38)
|
|
Within province
|
557 (7.6)
|
19(5,53)
|
1(0,4)
|
0(0,0)
|
26(10,60)
|
1(0,5)
|
26(10,62)
|
|
Out of province
|
1856 (25.5)
|
15(3,37)
|
1(0,6)
|
0(0,0)
|
22(9,48)
|
1(0,7)
|
22(9,49)
|
- Few dates missing for some patients, hence total assessed for each type of delay may not be 7284
- TB tuberculosis, PTB pulmonary tuberculosis, IQR interquartile range
- aregistered in web-based TB information management system
