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Table 1 Sociodemographic, clinical and operational characteristics of the deaths with TB as their main cause

From: Areas with evidence of equity and their progress on mortality from tuberculosis in an endemic municipality of southeast Brazil

Variables

Number

Percent

Sociodemographic characteristics

 Gender

  Male

41

82

  Female

09

18

 Age

  65 years and over

27

54

  Under 65

23

46

 Ethnicity/colour

  White

35

70

  Black

11

22

  Oriental

01

2

  Left blank

03

6

 Marital status

  Single

15

30

  Married

19

38

  Divorced

03

6

  Widowed

04

8

  Ignored

09

18

 Schooling

  None

02

4

  4 to 7 years of study

12

24

  8 to 11 years of study

03

6

  Ignored

33

66

 Occupation

  Retired/pensioner

15

30

  Homemaker

02

4

  Miscellaneous

06

12

  Ignored

27

54

Clinical and operational characteristics

 Place of death

  Hospital

36

72

  Other healthcare establishment

10

20

  At home

03

6

  Others

01

2

 Received medical assistance

  Yes

31

62

  No

01

2

  Ignored

18

36

 Diagnosis confirmed by further examinations

  Yes

15

30

  No

08

16

  Ignored

27

54

 Diagnosis confirmed by surgery

  Yes

07

14

  No

22

44

  Ignored

21

42

 Diagnosis confirmed by necropsy

  Yes

27

54

  No

19

38

  Ignored

04

8

 Clinical form of the disease by ICD-10

  A 15.2 Tuberculosis of lung, confirmed histologically

18

36

  A 15.3 Tuberculosis of lung, confirmed by unspecified means

01

2

  A 16.2 Tuberculosis of lung, without mention of bacteriological or histological confirmation

25

50

  A 16.5 Tuberculous pleurisy, without mention of bacteriological or histological confirmation

01

2

  A 17.8 Other tuberculosis of nervous system

01

2

  A 18.0 Tuberculosis of bones and joints

01

2

  18.8 Tuberculosis of other specified organs

01

2

  A 19.8 Other miliary tuberculosis

01

2

 Filling-in of certificate of death

  Assistant

12

24

  Substitute

06

12

  Death verification service

19

38

  Others

11

22

  Left blank

02

4