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Table I

Characteristics of suspected TB cases and health service performance in district hospital

	Pre-intervention		Post-intervention
	n=324	(%)	n=379	(%)	χ²	df	p-value
Age (years)
15-20	8	2.47	8	2.11	7.84	5	0.165
21-30	21	6.48	19	5.01
31-40	25	7.72	38	10.03
41-50	54	16.67	41	10.82
51-60	58	17.90	81	21.37
>60	158	48.77	192	50.66
	$\bar{X} = 57.75$ (SD=17.287) Min=15, Max=90		$\bar{X} = 58.31$ (SD=16.43) Min=16, Max=90
Occupation
Agriculturist	210	64.81	261	68.87	6.064	4	0.194
Employer	60	18.52	46	12.14
Government officer	5	1.54	9	2.37
Commercial	2	0.62	2	0.53
Other	47	14.51	61	16.09
Registered for TB treatment at
Hospital	25	92.59	48	94.11	0.037	1	0.596^a
Refer to other hospital	2	7.41	3	5.89

	Pre-intervention		Post-intervention
	n=324	(%)	n=379	(%)	χ²	df	p-value
Age (years)
15-20	8	2.47	8	2.11	7.84	5	0.165
21-30	21	6.48	19	5.01
31-40	25	7.72	38	10.03
41-50	54	16.67	41	10.82
51-60	58	17.90	81	21.37
>60	158	48.77	192	50.66
	$\bar{X} = 57.75$ (SD=17.287)Min=15, Max=90		$\bar{X} = 58.31$ (SD=16.43)Min=16, Max=90
Occupation
Agriculturist	210	64.81	261	68.87	6.064	4	0.194
Employer	60	18.52	46	12.14
Government officer	5	1.54	9	2.37
Commercial	2	0.62	2	0.53
Other	47	14.51	61	16.09
Registered for TB treatment at
Hospital	25	92.59	48	94.11	0.037	1	0.596^a
Refer to other hospital	2	7.41	3	5.89

Note: ^aFisher’s exact test