title: [Tuberuculosis annual report 2010 (10)--treatment outcomes].
abstract: Evaluation of treatment outcomes among tuberculosis (TB) patients using cohort analysis is an essential part of TB control programs. In Japan, treatment outcomes are automatically classified into 15 outcome groups according to a preset computerized algorithm. The treatment outcomes of new sputum-smear positive pulmonary TB (PTB) cases in 2009 (n = 8,772) were classified as follows: (a) Treatment success (a combination of "Cure" and "Treatment completed"), 51.7%; (b) Dead, 19.3%; (c) Treatment failure, 0.9%; (d) Default, 3.7%; (e) Transfer out, 3.3%; (f) Still on treatment after 12 months, 10.8%; and (g) Unclassified, 10.3%. Among new sputum-smear positive PTB patients registered in 2007, 2008, and 2009, the proportion removed from the tuberculosis register because of death by the end of the following year was 25.7%, 26.4%, and 26.9%, respectively. Among the new sputum-smear positive PTB patients registered in 2009 who died within 1 year of treatment commencement (n = 2,102), 37.7% died within 1 month, 52.0% within 2 months, and 62.3% within 3 months.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality