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Table 3 Mean TB stockout proportions and TB treatment outcomes by district poverty category

From: Effects and determinants of tuberculosis drug stockouts in South Africa

Poverty category

TB drug stockouts

TB cure rate

TB success rate

TB death rate

Least poor

9.496

76.04

76.66

7.894

(1.280)

(0.816)

(0.735)

(0.506)

Middle

9.229

75.05

74.36

9.054

(1.081)

(1.301)

(1.207)

(0.457)

Poorest

12.67

72.20

72.65

10.66

(1.324)

(1.198)

(0.902)

(0.323)

P value ANOVA

ā€ƒLeast poor vs. middle

0.82

0.50

<ā€‰0.01

<ā€‰0.05

ā€ƒLeast poor vs. poorest

<ā€‰0.01

<ā€‰0.01

<ā€‰0.01

<ā€‰0.01

ā€ƒMiddle vs. poorest

<ā€‰0.05

<ā€‰0.01

0.16

<ā€‰0.01

  1. Percentage of people living in poverty in the least poor districts: 26ā€“35%, middle: 35ā€“42%, poorest: 42ā€“52%. Tested with one-way ANOVA. Standard error in parentheses