- Yearly trends of epidemiological characteristics of incident tuberculosis cases in Saudi Arabia between 2015-2019.
| Parameters | Total (N=15662) | 2015 (n=3345) | 2016 (n=2993) | 2017 (n=2962) | 2018 (n=3359) | 2019 (n=3003) | P-values |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB type | |||||||
| Pulmonary | 11465 (73.2) | 2456 (73.4) | 2172 (72.6) | 2146 (72.5) | 2489 (74.1) | 2202 (73.3) | |
| Extrapulmonary | 3868 (24.7) | 817 (24.4) | 756 (25.3) | 752 (25.4) | 799 (23.8) | 744 (24.8) | |
| Both | 329 (2.1) | 72 (2.2) | 65 (2.2) | 64 (2.2) | 71 (2.1) | 57 (1.9) | 0.880 |
| AIDS | 234 (2.4) | 47 (2.1) | 35 (1.9) | 37 (2.2) | 48 (2.4) | 67 (3.6) | 0.005* |
| HIV status | |||||||
| Non-documented | 4862 (31.0) | 894 (26.7) | 668 (22.3) | 996 (33.6) | 1315 (39.1) | 989 (32.9) | |
| Pending | 1218 (7.8) | 202 (6.0) | 110 (3.7) | 354 (12.0) | 462 (13.8) | 90 (3.0) | |
| Unknown | 3644 (23.3) | 692 (20.7) | 558 (18.6) | 642 (21.7) | 853 (25.4) | 899 (29.9) | |
| Documented | 2451 (69.0) | 2451 (73.3) | 2325 (77.7) | 1966 (66.4) | 2044 (60.9) | 2014 (67.1) | |
| Negative† | 10452 (96.8) | 2365 (96.5) | 2266 (97.5) | 1904 (96.8) | 1973 (96.5) | 1944 (96.5) | |
| Positive† | 348 (3.2) | 86 (3.5) | 59 (2.5) | 62 (3.2) | 71 (3.5) | 70 (3.5) | 0.287† |
| Patient’s type | |||||||
| New | 14544 (92.9) | 3094 (92.5) | 2746 (91.7) | 2747 (92.7) | 3127 (93.1) | 2830 (94.2) | |
| Failure | 97 (0.6) | 24 (0.7) | 21(0.7) | 19 (0.6) | 20 (0.6) | 13 (0.4) | |
| Relapse | 595 (3.8) | 124 (3.7) | 139 (4.6) | 120 (4.1) | 121 (3.6) | 91 (3.0) | |
| Post failure | 291 (1.9) | 73 (2.2) | 65 (2.2) | 45 (1.5) | 59 (1.8) | 49 (1.6) | |
| Other | 135 (0.9) | 30 (0.9) | 22 (0.7) | 31 (1.0) | 32 (1.0) | 20 (0.7) | 0.076 |
| Medication | |||||||
| First line | 14600 (97.3) | 3104 (97.2) | 2779 (96.6) | 2841 (97.0) | 3206 (97.8) | 2670 (98.1) | |
| Second line | 398 (2.7) | 88 (2.8) | 98 (3.4) | 87 (3.0) | 72 (2.2) | 53 (1.9) | 0.004* |
Values are presented as numbers and precentages (%).
TB: Tuberculosis, AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, HIV: human immunodeficiency virus