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Table 29. Sputum Culture Conversion by Age Group: United States, 2010

Age GroupTotal Sputum Culture
Positive1		Sputum Culture
Conversion
Documented2		Sputum Culture
Conversion Not
Documented3		Sputum Culture
Conversion Unknown		Reason Sputum Culture Conversion Not Documented
Can’t Produce SputumSputum Not
Collected		DiedRefusedLost to
Follow-up		OtherUnknown
No.No.(%)No.(%)No.(%)No.(%)No.(%)No.(%)No.(%)No.(%)No.(%)No.(%)

Total

5,787

4,960

(85.7)

705

(12.2)

122

(2.1)

71

(10.1)

168

(23.8)

231

(32.8)

10

(1.4)

39

(5.5)

126

(17.9)

60

(8.5)

0-4

8

3

(37.5)

5

(62.5)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

1

(20.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

3

(60.0)

1

(20.0)

5-14

37

31

(83.8)

5

(13.5)

1

(2.7)

0

(0.0)

4

(80.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

1

(20.0)

0

(0.0)

15-24

716

649

(90.6)

60

(8.4)

7

(1.0)

10

(16.7)

20

(33.3)

3

(5.0)

0

(0.0)

4

(6.7)

15

(25.0)

8

(13.3)

25-44

1945

1698

(87.3)

199

(10.2)

48

(2.5)

29

(14.6)

57

(28.6)

21

(10.6)

4

(2.0)

14

(7.0)

57

(28.6)

17

(8.5)

45-64

1885

1647

(87.4)

200

(10.6)

38

(2.0)

17

(8.5)

37

(18.5)

80

(40.0)

3

(1.5)

17

(8.5)

31

(15.5)

15

(7.5)

65+

1196

932

(77.9)

236

(19.7)

28

(2.3)

15

(6.4)

49

(20.8)

127

(53.8)

3

(1.3)

4

(1.7)

19

(8.1)

19

(8.1)

1 Among persons who were alive at diagnosis and had positive sputum culture

2 Among persons who had sputum culture conversion documented at any time.

3 Among persons who were alive at diagnosis, had positive culture, and did not have documented culture conversion (excludes patients with unknown culture conversion.

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