Table 1 Characteristics of Tuberculosis case-notifications in the General Population and Penitentiary Centers during the period 2009–2018.
Category | General Population | Penitentiary Centers | p. value, men vs women* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||
Total population, thousands | 66,092 | 33,356 | 32,735 | 101 | 94 | 6 | < 0.0001 |
Number of TB cases | 25,770 | 17,891 | 7879 | 2764 | 2728 | 36 | < 0.0001 |
Notification rate, TB cases /100.000 hab | 39.0 | 53.6 | 24.1 | 2742.4 | 2887.7 | 570.0 | < 0.0001 |
HIV status reported, %** | 66.2 | 67.8 | 62.7 | 87.0 | 87.1 | 80.6 | 0.853 |
Co-infection TB/VIH, %*** | 7.2 | 7.9 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 8.3 | 0.342 |
Bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary, % | 68.9 | 71.6 | 62.9 | 91.0 | 91.1 | 77.8 | 0.652 |
Clinically diagnosed pulmonary, % | 21.8 | 19.7 | 26.5 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 16.7 | 0.809283 |
Extrapulmonary, % | 9.3 | 8.7 | 10.6 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 5.6 | 0.362 |
Treatment success,% | 67.9 | 66.3 | 71.6 | 77.7 | 77.5 | 66.7 | 0.481 |
