Table 2 Delays and public awareness rates in 11 counties of Zhejiang Province in 2018 and 2022.

From: Analyzing spatial delays of tuberculosis from surveillance and awareness surveys in Eastern China

City

2018

2022

LPD

LDD

Symptom awareness

Awareness of transmission route

Curability awareness

LPD

LDD

Symptom awareness

Awareness of transmission route

Curability awareness

Deqing (%)

54.2

12.8

35.6

78.6

72.0

61.9

23.0

97.8

98.1

93.6

Dinghai (%)

29.8

87.9

51.8

83.1

81.1

36.3

85.7

95.4

96.4

51.7

Haining (%)

42.8

65.3

38.5

78.9

79.4

42.8

84.0

92.0

91.7

80.1

Hangzhou main urban area (%)

45.3

66.4

37.0

71.2

65.5

50.2

72.6

64.5

73.4

52.3

Jindong (%)

42.5

65.8

23.3

54.4

49.2

58.8

91.9

88.0

89.0

71.8

Keqiao (%)

60.8

25.0

17.4

50.5

53.8

51.8

35.9

69.1

70.8

56.9

Longyou (%)

52.1

57.2

31.1

76.5

78.6

54.1

57.4

70.9

76.2

50.4

Ninghai (%)

69.3

73.5

21.5

65.3

57.3

60.8

74.7

92.3

91.4

79.3

Ouhai (%)

52.6

89.3

26.7

66.9

65.3

28.2

79.4

61.7

64.7

39.7

Suichang (%)

74.4

9.3

35.5

76.8

76.6

54.9

31.4

70.1

68.0

47.6

Tiantai (%)

55.4

89.2

14.1

42.2

42.8

73.5

92.8

65.7

65.4

49.0

  1. Due to changes in the administrative region of Hangzhou city leading to inconsistencies in the county/district alignment across the two public awareness surveys, we have merged it and defined it as the “Hangzhou main urban area”.
  2. LPD long-term patient delay, LDD long-term diagnostic delay.