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Table 1 Tuberculosis treatment outcomes by region and surveillance year in Ghana, 1997-2010

From: Reflections on tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment outcomes in Ghana

Observations

Cure

Completed

Died

Failure

Default

 

IRR

95% CI

IRR

95% CI

IRR

95% CI

IRR

95% CI

IRR

95% CI

Central1

0.990

[0.960,1.020]

0.438***

[0.399,0.480]

1.376***

[1.256,1.508]

0.842*

[0.723,0.979]

1.714***

[1.618,1.816]

Greater Accra

1.359***

[1.321,1.399]

0.393***

[0.357,0.432]

1.061

[0.962,1.169]

0.689***

[0.586,0.808]

0.819***

[0.765,0.877]

Volta

0.828***

[0.802,0.855]

0.494***

[0.452,0.540]

0.903*

[0.816,0.999]

0.350***

[0.286,0.428]

0.417***

[0.383,0.454]

Eastern

0.970*

[0.940,1.000]

0.631***

[0.581,0.685]

1.545***

[1.413,1.689]

0.702***

[0.599,0.824]

1.002

[0.939,1.069]

Ashanti

1.215***

[1.180,1.251]

0.939

[0.873,1.011]

1.315***

[1.199,1.442]

0.391***

[0.322,0.474]

0.526***

[0.486,0.569]

Brong-Ahafo

0.470***

[0.452,0.488]

0.416***

[0.378,0.457]

1.011

[0.917,1.116]

0.571***

[0.482,0.677]

0.351***

[0.321,0.384]

Northern

0.230***

[0.219,0.242]

0.247***

[0.219,0.278]

0.334***

[0.290,0.386]

0.165***

[0.124,0.220]

0.162***

[0.142,0.184]

Upper East

0.243***

[0.232,0.256]

0.0946***

[0.0795,0.113]

0.579***

[0.516,0.649]

0.139***

[0.104,0.187]

0.114***

[0.0985,0.131]

Upper West

0.0973***

[0.0905,0.105]

0.168***

[0.147,0.192]

0.267***

[0.230,0.311]

0.0929***

[0.0654,0.13]

0.0802***

[0.0677,0.0949]

KATH

0.00991***

[0.0079,0.0123]

0.296***

[0.266,0.330]

0.127***

[0.104,0.157]

1.049

[0.909,1.211]

0.0681***

[0.0568,0.0817]

KBTH

0.0145***

[0.0121,0.0174]

0.287***

[0.257,0.319]

0.209***

[0.177,0.247]

0.926

[0.799,1.074]

0.120***

[0.104,0.138]

19982

1.287***

[1.222,1.356]

0.861*

[0.765,0.969]

1.046

[0.933,1.173]

0.798**

[0.675,0.945]

0.886**

[0.822,0.955]

1999

1.234***

[1.171,1.301]

0.728***

[0.644,0.824]

0.872*

[0.773,0.983]

0.921

[0.783,1.083]

0.818***

[0.758,0.883]

2000

1.181***

[1.120,1.245]

0.679***

[0.599,0.770]

0.788***

[0.697,0.891]

0.743***

[0.626,0.883]

0.671***

[0.619,0.728]

2001

1.327***

[1.260,1.397]

1.113

[0.996,1.243]

0.803***

[0.711,0.908]

0.766**

[0.646,0.908]

0.867***

[0.804,0.934]

2002

1.525***

[1.450,1.604]

0.786***

[0.696,0.887]

0.937

[0.833,1.053]

0.663***

[0.555,0.791]

0.731***

[0.676,0.791]

2003

1.695***

[1.613,1.781]

0.866*

[0.770,0.974]

1.024

[0.913,1.149]

0.498***

[0.410,0.604]

0.711***

[0.657,0.770]

2004

1.724***

[1.641,1.811]

0.971

[0.866,1.088]

0.942

[0.837,1.059]

0.495***

[0.407,0.601]

0.647***

[0.596,0.702]

2005

1.921***

[1.830,2.016]

0.751***

[0.665,0.849]

1.092

[0.975,1.223]

0.478***

[0.393,0.582]

0.579***

[0.532,0.630]

2006

2.052***

[1.956,2.152]

0.822**

[0.729,0.926]

1.092

[0.975,1.223]

0.501***

[0.413,0.608]

0.326***

[0.294,0.361]

2007

2.145***

[2.046,2.250]

0.930

[0.828,1.044]

0.981

[0.873,1.102]

0.352***

[0.283,0.439]

0.153***

[0.133,0.176]

2008

2.324***

[2.218,2.436]

1.062

[0.950,1.188]

0.885*

[0.786,0.997]

0.346***

[0.277,0.431]

0.123***

[0.106,0.144]

2009

2.496***

[2.382,2.615]

1.139*

[1.020,1.272]

0.846**

[0.750,0.955]

0.281***

[0.222,0.357]

0.152***

[0.132,0.175]

2010

2.206***

[2.104,2.313]

1.285***

[1.154,1.430]

0.877*

[0.778,0.988]

0.339***

[0.272,0.424]

0.163***

[0.142,0.186]

Constant

343.2***

[328.3,358.7]

113.1***

[103.0,124.1]

60.15***

[54.13,66.84]

44.73***

[38.61,51.82]

232.7***

[217.7,248.7]

Log likelihood

−2172.6

 

−1052.5

 

−910.9

 

−735.6

 

−1435.3

 

Chi-squared

47983.4

 

2994.5

 

3028.6

 

1306.1

 

13179.8

 

N

167

 

167

 

167

 

167

 

167

 
  1. p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.
  2. Reference groups are as follows: 1Western; 21997.