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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Nov 14, 2025

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Who first suggested you might have TB? (suggestb)

Data file: combined_tb_cases_controls_final

Overview

Valid: 5810

Invalid: 7101

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 217

End: 218

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

Who first suggested you might have TB?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Self	1265	21.8%
2	Family	957	16.5%
3	Friends	137	2.4%
4	Neighbours	53	0.9%
5	Traditional healer	21	0.4%
6	Health centre	2138	36.8%
7	KPS staff	1095	18.8%
8	Don't know/can't recall	70	1.2%
9	Other	74	1.3%
98	Unknown	0	0%
99	Missing	13
Sysmiss		7088

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.

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