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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Nov 14, 2025
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Site of TB [2] (tbtype2)
Data file: combined_tb_cases_controls_final
Overview
Valid:
306
Invalid:
12605
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
224
End:
225
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Site of TB
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Other | 69 |
22.5%
|
| 1 | Lungs | 3 |
1%
|
| 2 | Pleura | 93 |
30.4%
|
| 3 | Intrathoracic Lymph | 10 |
3.3%
|
| 4 | Other Lymph Node | 42 |
13.7%
|
| 5 | Skin (lupus vulgaris) | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | Meningitis | 2 |
0.7%
|
| 7 | Miliary | 35 |
11.4%
|
| 8 | Abdominal | 14 |
4.6%
|
| 9 | Bone and joint | 7 |
2.3%
|
| 10 | Clinical trial | 16 |
5.2%
|
| 11 | Child contact | 7 |
2.3%
|
| 12 | Reactive mantoux only | 7 |
2.3%
|
| 98 | unknown | 1 |
0.3%
|
| 99 | Missing | 0 | |
| Sysmiss | 12605 |
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.