Demographic and clinical characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis patients who died before or within 60 days of treatment (cases) or survived beyond 60 days of treatment (controls).

*One set of controls was matched by age (± 5 years), sex and population group. Another set of controls was matched by age, sex, population groups and smear status. Among the controls matched by age (± 5 years), sex, population group and smear status there were 8 that could only by matched by age ± 10 years
†Canadian-born Aboriginal includes individuals identified as First Nations, Métis, or Inuit according to the Constitution Act of 1982
‡p < 0.05
§Only multidrug-resistant cases (defined as resistance to isoniazid and rifampin with or without resistance to other drugs), were included.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis patients who died before or within 60 days of treatment (cases) or survived beyond 60 days of treatment (controls).