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Table 2 Number and proportion of tuberculosis patients referred and treated under the Community Based TB Care Programme by local non-governmental organizations out of the total TB cases notified in the townships where implemented CBTC in each region and state, Myanmar, 2011–2014

From: The contribution of a non-governmental organisation’s Community Based Tuberculosis Care Programme to case finding in Myanmar: trend over time

Region/state

Number of townships

Total registered TB cases

n

TB patients referred and treated

n (%)

P value*

2011a

2012

2013

2014

2011a

2012

2013

2014

Ayeyarwaddy

26

7 381

13 742

13 174

13 090

270 (4)

1 560 (11)

577 (4)

522 (4)

<0.001

Bago

27

5 943

12 359

12 699

13 111

343 (6)

166 (1)

405 (3)

423 (3)

0.012

Mandalay

4

898

1 596

1 362

1 130

133 (15)

188 (12)

191 (14)

179 (16)

0.130

Yangon

5

867

1 450

1 466

1 701

126 (15)

162 (11)

209 (14)

247 (15)

0.212

Naypyitaw

1

116

321

344

335

5 (4)

2 (1)

3 (1)

0 (0)

<0.001

Mon

10

3 291

6 563

7 010

6 421

166 (5)

178 (3)

40 (1)

85 (1)

<0.001

Kayah

2

215

612

608

641

8 (4)

25 (4)

128 (21)

58 (9)

<0.001

Shan (East)

9

1 183

1 862

1 668

1 757

201 (17)

137 (7)

67 (4)

26 (2)

<0.001

Total

84

19 894a

38 505

38 331

38 186

1 252 (6)a

2 418 (6)

1 620 (4)

1 540 (4)

<0.001

  1. TB tuberculosis
  2. *Chi square test for linear trend
  3. aData were only available from last two quarters of 2011