Research Article
Spatial Frailty Survival Model for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Mortality in Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Table 1
Summary results of MDR–TB by different demographic characteristics.
| | Covariates | Category | Death (%) | Censored (%) | Total (%) |
| | Sex | Female | 33(40.74) | 48(59.26) | 81 | | Male | 28(22.22) | 98(77.78) | 126 | | Age | 18-34 years | 15(14.56) | 88(85.44) | 103 | | 35-54 years | 22(39.3) | 34(60.7) | 56 | | >= 55 years | 24(50) | 24(50) | 48 | | Marital status of the patient | Single | 16(20.78) | 61(79.22) | 77 | | Married | 36(36) | 64(64) | 100 | | Separated/Divorced | 6(31.58) | 13(68.42) | 19 | | Widow/Widowed | 3(30) | 7(70) | 10 | | Employment status | Employed | 7(30.13) | 16(69.56) | 23 | | Own Business | 8(20) | 32(80) | 40 | | Merchant | 16(40) | 24(60) | 40 | | Daily labor | 4(23.53) | 13(76.47) | 17 | | Unemployed | 26(29.89) | 61(70.11) | 87 | | The educational level | Illiterate | 16(25.81) | 46(74.19) | 62 | | Read and Write | 23(29.49) | 55(70.51) | 78 | | Secondary | 14(31.11) | 31(68.88) | 45 | | Tertiary and above | 8(36.36) | 14(63.64) | 22 | | Therapeutic delay | >= 1 Month | 31(41.89) | 43(58.11) | 74 | | < 1 Month | 30(22.56) | 103(77.44) | 133 | | MDR category | Previously Treated for first-line TB | 26(17.11) | 126(82.89) | 152 | | | Previously not Treated | 35(64.81) | 19(35.19) | 54 | | Current Smoking Status | Yes | 23(65.71) | 12(34.29) | 35 | | No | 38(22.09) | 134(77.91) | 172 | | Current Alcohol use | Yes | 31(60.78) | 20(39.22) | 51 | | No | 30(19.23) | 126(80.77) | 156 | | City | Debre Tabor | 6(27.27) | 16(72.73) | 22 | | Gondar | 49(33.56) | 97(66.44) | 146 | | D/Markos | 6(15.38) | 33(84.62) | 39 |
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Therapeutic delay means patients first contact with health worker after 30 days (1 month) from the onset of TB symptoms. |
