Engaging Informal Private Health Care Providers for TB Case Detection: Experiences from RIPEND Project in India

Table 4

Characteristics of persons with presumptive TB enrolled under RIPENED project, Telangana State, India, during 2018-19 ().

S. no	Characteristics	Number	(Percent)
1	Age group
	<18	378	(4)
	18-45	3604	(44)
	>45 to 60	2636	(32)
	>60	1724	(20)
2	Gender
	Female	3079	(37)
	Male	5260	(63)
	Transgender	3	(0)
3	Cough
	Yes	7688	(92)
	Unknown	573	(7)
	No	81	(1)
4	Cough (duration), weeks
	<2	207	(3)
	2-3	6627	(85)
	≥4	935	(12)
5	HIV status
	Positive	53	(0)
	Negative	4464	(54)
	Unknown	3252	(39)
	Not recorded	573	(7)
6	Previous history of TB
	Yes	289	(3)
	No	7480	(90)
	Unknown/not recorded	573	(7)