TB cases (1974-2018) and controls (1998-2018) analytical dataset (Karonga)

Malawi

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MWI-MEIRU-TB-COMBINE-FINAL-2022-v01

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Mia Crampin, Estelle McLean

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Karonga -District-wide Combined / Harmonized Datasets Karonga HDSS

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at least one positive culture during episode (from tbcpu combined file) (D) (cultposever)

Data file: combined_tb_cases_controls_final

Overview

Valid: 9091

Invalid: 3820

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 125

End: 125

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

at least one positive culture during episode (from tbcpu combined file)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	5341	58.8%
1	Yes	3750	41.2%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	0
Sysmiss		3820

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: pos_cult [culture positive] (table[s]: tbcpu [derived table])

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