Table 2 Treatment outcomes of adults (> 15 years) with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis notified to the Brazilian National Reporting System (2007–2012) according to their sociodemographic characteristics and second month SSM

Smear conversion on 2nd month

 Yes

7359 (9.2)

72,479 (90.8)

1.0 (reference)

1.0 (reference)

 No

2712 (17.7)

12,639 (82.3)

2.11 (2.01–2.22)

2.06 (1.97–2.16)

Sex

 Female

2465 (7.9)

28,790 (92.1)

1.0 (reference)

1.0 (reference)

 Male

7606 (11.9)

56,325 (88.1)

1.58 (1.50–1.65)

1.50 (1.43–1.58)

 Missing*

0

3 (100.0)

–

–

Age range

 15–24 years old

1688 (9.5)

16,105 (90.5)

1.0 (reference)

1.0 (reference)

 25–34 years old

2510 (11.1)

20,156 (88.9)

1.19 (1.11–1.27)

1.41 (1.07–1.22)

 35–44 years old

2229 (11.6)

16,922 (88.4)

1.26 (1.18–1.34)

1.13 (1.05–1.21)

 45–54 years old

1771 (10.4)

15,328 (89.6)

1.10 (1.03–1.18)

0.96 (0.89–1.03)

 55–64 years old

959 (9.2)

9444 (90.8)

0.97 (0.89–1.05)

0.85 (0.78–0.92)

 65 years old or over

910 (11.3)

7122 (88.7)

1.12 (1.12–1.33)

1.13 (1.04–1.23)

 Missing*

4 (8.9)

41 (91.9)

–

–

Race/color

 White

3327 (10.8)

27,576 (89.2)

1.0 (reference)

1.0 (reference)

 Black

1428 (12.1)

10,378 (87.9)

1.14 (1.07–1.22)

1.15 (1.08–1.23)

 Asian

100 (10.5)

848 (89.5)

0.98 (0.79–1.21)

1.02 (0.82–1.26)

 Mixed race

3890 (9.6)

36,504 (90.4)

0.88 (0.84–0.93)

0.91 (0.86–0.95)

 Indigenous

97 (7.5)

1197 (92.5)

0.67 (0.54–0.83)

0.69 (0.56–0.86)

 Missing*

1229 (12.5)

8615 (87.5)

–

–

Education

 ≥ 9 years of schooling

648 (6.5)

9293 (93.5)

1.0 (reference)

1.0 (reference)

 < 9 years of schooling

4688 (10.3)

40,932 (89.7)

1.64 (1.51–1.80)

1.54 (1.42–1.68)

 Illiterate

552 (10.4)

4776 (89.6)

1.66 (1.47–1.87)

1.60 (1.42–1.81)

 Missing*

4183 (12.2)

30,117 (87.8)

–

–