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Table 1 Genotyped cases, according to ethnicity, by age and sex

From: Migrant tuberculosis: the extent of transmission in a low burden country

n (row %)*

Danes

Somalis

Greenlanders

Others **

Total

p-value

Age

     

< 0.01

0-19 years

81 (15.1)

271 (50.7)

9 (1.7)

174 (32.5)

535 (100.0)

-

20-39 years

429 (20.1)

791 (37.9)

95 (4.6)

772 (37.0)

2,087 (100.0)

-

40-59 years

700 (58.4)

82 (6.8)

94 (7.8)

323 (26.9)

1,199 (100.0)

-

60-79 years

408 (69.5)

26 (4.4)

8 (1.4)

145 (24.7)

587 (100.0)

-

≥ 80 years

162 (89.5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

19 (10.5)

181 (100.0)

-

Sex

     

< 0.01

Women

608 (31.5)

526 (27.3)

98 (5.1)

698 (36.2)

1,930 (100.0)

-

Men

1,172 (44.1)

644 (24.2)

108 (4.1)

735 (27.6)

2,659 (100.0)

-

All

1,780 (38.8)

1,170 (25.5)

206 (4.5)

1,433 (31.2)

* 4,589 (100.0)

 
  1. *Cases are represented by all M. tuberculosis strains included in study, genotyped by IS6110-RFLP/Spoligo in Denmark, 1992-2004, excluding cases without known country of birth (n = 42).
  2. ** Pooling of non-Somali-Greenlandic migrants