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Table 1 Variables of patients registered in tuberculosis (TB) dispensaries, Samsun province

From: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis patients and tuberculosis control programs in Turkey, review and analysis

Variables

Pre-COVID-19 period

COVID-19 period

Percentage difference between periods (increase-decrease)

TB IR (per 100,000)a

12.01

10.17

−15.32%

Total number of examinations(n)

23,230

15,439

−33.54%

Total number of contact examinations(n)

2994

1391

−53.54%

The number of contacts per patient(n)

17.4

9.3

−46.55%

  1. IR incidence rate, aSamsun province population in 2019 (n) =1,348,542, Samsun province population in 2020 (n) = 1,356,079