STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH TUBERCULOSIS IN ONDO STATE

Oluwatoyin Kikelomo Bodunwa; Adewole Ayoade; Aladeniyi Olabimpe Bodunde

Oluwatoyin Kikelomo Bodunwa Federal University of Technology, Akure
Adewole Ayoade Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode
Aladeniyi Olabimpe Bodunde Federal University of Technology, Akure

Abstract

This study reported cases of Tuberculosis diseases and those that co-infected with HIV among different age groups and gender between 2016 and 2020 in Ondo State, Nigeria. Chi-square test was used to investigate the relation that exist between the gender of TB patients and the HIV status. The result showed that the proportions of gender is found to be significant meaning that TB infection rate is higher in males compared to female. Also, 10% were co-infected with HIV and 90% were not. The difference in the proportions is found to be significant meaning that there were fewer number of patients that were co-infected with HIV as compared to those that were not. Also the proportions of those that were Pulmonary TB and Extra pulmonary was significant which depicts that there were fewer Extra pulmonary TB cases as compared to Pulmonary. This supports the fact that Pulmonary Tuberculosis which is contagious is expected to occur more frequently than extra pulmonary tuberculosis (non-contagious). The relationship between female TB patients that were likely to be co-infected with HIV than male TB patients was found to be significant.