Table 7

Comparison of Samara DOTS cohort with overall treatment success and outcome for global DOTS cohorts in 2002

%
Died
Failed
Defaulted
Treatment success

Samara, Russia
3.6
2.2
5.1
75.3
Eastern Europe
6.7
8.8
6.4
74.9
Central europe
5.0
3.5
6.0
79.7
East Mediterranean
3.2
1.4
7.8
83.5
Established markets
9.7
2.4
2.6
76.5
Latin America
4.3
1.2
6.0
83.4
Southeast asia
3.9
2.5
6.4
85.1
Western Pacific
2.2
0.9
2.2
89.1

Established markets include member states of the EU, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

Balabanova et al. Respiratory Research 2006 7:44   doi:10.1186/1465-9921-7-44