Survival Analysis of Loss to Follow-Up Treatment among Tuberculosis Patients at Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of TB patients initiating TB treatment at JUSH, Ethiopia.

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Address of the patients
Urban	472	92.5
Rural	38	7.5
Sex
Male	343	67.3
Female	167	32.7
Smear result
Negative	205	40.2
Positive	154	30.2
Category (patient history)
New	481	94.3
Retreated	13	2.5
Return after default	4	0.8
Not documented	12	2.4
Types of TB
Smear-positive PTB	153	30
Smear-negative PTB	205	40.2
EPTB	152	29.8
HIV test/result
Negative	354	69.4
Positive	114	22.4
Unknown	42	8.2

Key: PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis, EPTB: extrapulmonary tuberculosis.