King Edward Memorial Hospital - Department : Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL RESEARCH

A Task Force Meeting on Social and Behavioural Research was held at ICMR HQRs and the following data on gender based prevalence of Tuberculosis (Pulmonary & Extra Pulmonary) was collected for it.

Table 1: Symptomatic Pulmonary Patients (Data from Jan-July 2003)
Sputum Results -AFB
-	Positive	Negative	Total
Male	51 (33.12%)	103 (66.88%)	154
Female	24 (26.37%)	67(73.62%)	91
Total	75 (30.61%)	170 (69.38%)	245

Of the patients referred for sputum AFB 62.86% were males as compared to 437.14% females. The sputum positivity was 33.12% in males as compared to 26.37% in females.

Table II: Data from April 2001 to August 2003
System/Type	Total Investigation	Sex	Report
Gastrointestinal	5124	Male	503(9.81%)
Gastrointestinal	4665	Female	547 (11.72%)
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Genitourinary (GU)	4057	Male	39(0.96%)
Genitourinary (GU)	-	Female	34 (1.82%)
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Hysterosalpingography (HSG)	579	Female	53
HSG + Female GU %of total	2452	Female	87 (3.55%)
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CT	19547	Male 986	(5.04%)
CT	11324	Female 810	(7.15%)

On radiological reporting:

The incidence of reported tuberculosis in gastrointestinal investigations is 9.81% in males as compared to 11.72% in females.
On evaluating the reporting of genitourinary tuberculosis the incidence as reported in males is 0.96% as compared to 3.55% in females.
In CT, the incidence is 5.04% in males and 7.15% in females.