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Table 3 Distribution of cases according to patient registration type during the study period

From: Retrospective study of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases in Giza Governorate during the period of 2014–2018

Year/patient registration type

2014

(N = 532)

2015

(N = 626)

2016

(N = 714)

2017

(N = 770)

2018

(N = 715)

X2

p value

New

494

92.9%

561

89.6%

662

92.7%

707

91.8%

664

92.9%

25.4

S

Resistant

3

0.6%

9

1.4%

3

0.4%

4

0.5%

1

0.1%

0.013

Relapse

28

5.3%

35

5.6%

25

3.5%

35

4.5%

22

3.1%

Failure

7

1.3%

21

3.4%

24

3.4%

24

3.1%

28

3.9%

  1. X2 Chi-squared test
  2. S: p value < 0.05 is considered significant