Note: For better and realistic comparative purposes, the averages are calculated for those ART centres where data is available at both points of time. In BSY districts, only 14 ART Centres were considered. Thus difference between overall and average value can be found Table: Number of ART centres against the LFU rate status in BSY centres LFU rate Status Number of ART centres Av. Percent- Decrease or Increase -2.53 Decreased 5 (-4.65 is the maximum reduction achieved) 5.02 Increase 8 ( 16.34% increase in Guntur, due to data cleaning) No Conclusion 1 New centres 7 Total centres 21 The above tables indicate that the LFU rate increased by 1.75% in September 2011 compared to the LFU rates in September 2009. Of the total 21 ART centres in BSY districts, eight centres shown increase and five centres shown decrease in LFU rates over two years gap. Mostly, the centres located in Telangana region have shown increase in the LFU rates compared to the other centres due to Telangana agitation during the comparative period. The September 2011 data from Guntur ART centre shows 22.48% increase compared to the other centres. This huge numbers (16.34%) are adding to the total and have affected the overall average. In case, Guntur ART centre is not considered in both years, the overall LFU is reduced from 8.86 % to 7.32 %. The LFU rate is reduced overall in BSY. If Guntur is excluded in year 2011 only, difference in overall LFU rate comes down from + 1.75% to - 0.8% only. This shows, overall in BSY districts, LFU rate is reduced. The reason for this centre to show spike in LFU cases is mainly due to the complete data cleaning exercise that was carried out in this centre. In the Rajamundry ART centre, it is mainly due to Prison and hospital cases which added upto the total. Rajamundry has a central prison and all the prisoners once they leave the prison will end up as LFU. Similar is the case with the hospital cases. The Kurnool ART centre is undergoing too many changes. In other two ART centres, which are relatively small, the increase in percentage is mainly due to increase in LFUs compared to previous very small number of LFUs, e.g., Chittoor once
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