Table 1 Clinical and epidemiological profile of tuberculosis cases in children, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil (2006–2017)
From: Risk areas for tuberculosis among children and their inequalities in a city from Southeast Brazil
Variables | N (98) | % |
|---|---|---|
Age (years) | ||
0–5 | 29 | 29,6 |
6–10 | 26 | 26.5 |
11–14 | 43 | 43.9 |
Gender | ||
Male | 55 | 56.1 |
Female | 43 | 43.9 |
Race | ||
White | 39 | 39.8 |
Brown | 27 | 27.6 |
Black | 8 | 8.2 |
Ignored | 24 | 24.5 |
Years of study | ||
1–3 | 10 | 10.2 |
4–7 | 16 | 16.3 |
8–11 | 13 | 13.3 |
12–14 | 1 | 1.0 |
Ignored | 37 | 37.7 |
Case type | ||
New | 89 | 90.8 |
Relapse | 9 | 9.2 |
Classification | ||
Pulmonary | 74 | 75.5 |
Extrapulmonary | 14 | 14.3 |
Concomitant | 7 | 7.1 |
Disseminated | 3 | 3.1 |
Discovery method | ||
Outpatient demand | 48 | 49,0 |
In-hospital diagnostic elucidation | 23 | 23.5 |
Discovery after death | 2 | 2.0 |
Urgency | 16 | 16.3 |
Contacts investigation | 1 | 1.0 |
Ignored | 6 | 6.1 |
Outcome | ||
Abandonment | 4 | 4.1 |
Cure | 62 | 63.3 |
Bankruptcy/resistance | 1 | 1.0 |
Death with TB as a basic cause | 6 | 6.1 |
Death from other causes | 14 | 14.3 |
Diagnostic change | 7 | 7.1 |
State/country transfer | 1 | 1.0 |
Ignored | 3 | 3.1 |
TB-HIV co-infection | ||
No | 63 | 64.3 |
Yes | 24 | 24.5 |
Ignored | 11 | 11.2 |
Alcoholism | ||
No | 79 | 80.6 |
Yes | 19 | 19.4 |
Mental disease | ||
No | 95 | 96.9 |
Yes | 3 | 3.1 |
Drug addiction | ||
No | 94 | 95.9 |
Yes | 4 | 4.1 |
Smoking | ||
No | 96 | 98.0 |
Yes | 2 | 2.0 |