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Table 2 Kazakhstan tuberculosis new case characteristics†

From: Tuberculosis in Kazakhstan: analysis of risk determinants in national surveillance data

Variable

2007 n (%)

2008 n (%)

2009 n (%)

2010 n (%)

Total new cases registered

18,290

19,311

16,608

15,617

Risk factors

    

Alcohol use

787 (4%)

639 (3%)

398 (2%)

346 (2%)

Child or youth from vulnerable group

362 (2%)

271 (1%)

237 (1%)

175 (1%)

Diabetes

252 (1%)

284 (1%)

263 (2%)

246 (2%)

Drug use

58

51

47

44

Incarcerated within past 2 years*

70

74

53

52

Migrant

174 (1%)

922 (5%)

444 (3%)

417 (3%)

Non-regular uptake of anti-tuberculosis medication

14

43

23

24

Prison system staff member

31

28

21

18

Recent mother (birth within 1 year)

204 (1%)

397 (2%)

330 (2%)

323 (2%)

Registered contact of a multidrug resistant tuberculosis case

28

62

64

72

Registered contact of a tuberculosis case*

928 (5%)

1034 (5%)

862 (5%)

739 (5%)

Tuberculosis health care staff member

1

1

0

3

Unknown risk factor*

15,883 (87%)

15,953 (83%)

14,173 (85%)

13,451 (86%)

Socio-economic indicators

Employment status

    

  Currently incarcerated

6

8

5

11

  Detainee*

0

0

2

3

  Farmer

8

7

8

4

  Officer*

1,365 (7%)

1,406 (7%)

1,246 (8%)

1,048 (7%)

  Other

1,006 (6%)

1,083 (6%)

748 (5%)

832 (5%)

  Pensioner

893 (5%)

994 (5%)

816 (5%)

868 (6%)

  Pre-school child

45

160 (1%)

140 (1%)

141 (1%)

  Prison medical staff

13

128 (1%)

141 (1%)

106 (1%)

  Self-employed

465 (3%)

139 (1%)

92 (1%)

84 (1%)

  Student

1,566 (9%) or 975 (5%)

1,522 (8%) or 1,066 (6%)

1,401 (8%) or 967 (6%)

1,293 (8%) or 843 (5%)

  Tuberculosis clinic medical staff

13

32

35

30

  Unemployed*

9,029 (49%)

10,054 (52%)

8,655 (52%)

8,088 (52%)

  Worker*

2,707 (15%)

2,681 (14%)

2,302 (14%)

2,234 (14%)

  1. † NTP registry, percentages are not presented for variables representing less than 1% of cases.
  2. * Variable is statistically correlated with number of new cases of TB at a p = 0.05 level.