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Table 2 Time from onset-of-symptoms to seeking medical attention and to diagnosis of new cases by county*

From: Evaluation of the tuberculosis programme in Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, the People’s Republic of China: a retrospective case study

County

N (total)

Days to seek treatment (range)

N > 6 months (proportion)

Days to diagnosis (range)

N > 6 months (proportion)

Yinchuan

2209 (2359)

3 (0–1606)

38 (2.2%)

8 (0–2106)

45 (2.61%)

Shizuishan

314 (322)

17 (0–802)

16 (5.1%)

33 (0–1096)

25 (7.96%)

Pinglou

523 (528)

19 (0–221)

1 (0 · 2%)

22 (0–354)

3 (0 · 6%)

Huinong

260 (485)

24 (0–296)

3 (1 · 2%)

30 (0–461)

5 (1 · 9%)

Helan

544 (570)

33 (0–2616)

62 (11.4%)

36 (0–3765)

67 (12.3%)

Qingtongxia

427 (434)

25 (0–1479)

5 (1.2%)

34 (0–2822)

20 (4.7%)

Lingwu

468 (480)

28 (0–980)

9 (1 9%)

35 (0–319)

14 (3.0%)

Wuzhong

706 (711)

42 (0–2160)

115 (16.3%)

62 (0–2693)

139 (19.7%)

Tongxin

1031 (1031)

31 (0–1407)

51 (5.0%)

33 (0–420)

54 (5 · 2%)

Yanchi

390 (391)

76 (0–2201)

94 (24 · 1%)

84 (0–2339)

100 (25.6%)

Zhongning

725 (730)

34 (0–797)

39 (5.4%)

38 (0–4831)

48 (6.6%)

Zhongwei

705 (705)

36 (0–1841)

53 (7 · 5%)

47 (0–2170)

62 (8.8%)

Haiyuan

1309 (1310)

31 (0–1405)

49 (3.7%)

33 (0–4320)

53 (4.1%)

Guyuan

906 (1356)

63 (0–2005)

99 (10.9%)

65 (0–2352)

100 (11.0%)

Xiji

1115 (1432)

2 (0–426)

43 (3.9%)

4 (0–704)

43 (3.9%)

Pengyang

637 (653)

64 (0–2610)

129 (20.3%)

68 (0–3153)

140 (22.0%)

Longde

834 (838)

64 (0–1733)

132 (15.8%)

66 (0–1483)

145 (17.4%)

Jingyuan

345 (363)

63 (0–1098)

76 (22.0%)

70 (0–1501)

82 (23.8%)

  1. *included cases diagnosed between 1st January to September 30th (case records were unavailable for October to December) · † All times are shown as median number of days; N > 6 months indicates the number of individuals who took longer than 6 months to seek treatment/be diagnosed.