TY - JOUR T1 - An analysis of mortality among patients with tuberculosis (TB) in Sri Lanka JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 38 IS - Suppl 55 SP - p2646 AU - Dushantha Madegedara AU - Prasanne Wijerathne AU - Lakshika Monaragala AU - Duminda Yasaratne AU - Neranjan Dissanayake Y1 - 2011/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p2646.abstract N2 - Introduction: Sri Lanka has a TB prevalence of 101 and a mortality of 9.2 per 100,000.Objective: To define characteristics of patients who died during treatment for TB in a unit from Central Sri Lanka.Method: We retrospectively analysed TB related deaths during 2006 to 2010.Results: We observed a mean mortality rate of 5.4% (228/4199) for the 5-year period. The lowest rate of 3.2% was in 2010. Of the total deaths, 78.5% were males and 50.4% were above 60 years; 4.3% were below 20 years. Pulmonory TB (PTB) contributed to 75% of the deaths.Significant differences in mortality were noted between males and females (6.7% vs. 3.2%, X2=23.1, p < 0.001) and between new and re-treatment cases (5.1% vs. 9.8%, X2=9.622, p=0.002). No significant differences in mortality rates were seen between smear positive vs. negative PTB and induction vs. continuation phases of treatment.Conclusion: Mortality in TB was high among males and retreatment patients. ER -