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Table 5 Symptomatic Non-tuberculous mycobacteria prevalence per 100,000 adult population

From: Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in Zambia: prevalence, clinical, radiological and microbiological characteristics

Variable

Prevalence estimate

95 % Confidence interval

Overall

1477

1010–1943

Setting

  

 Rural

1927

1244–2611

 Urban

642

332–951

Sex

  

 Male

1577

1140–2014

 Female

1403

885–1922

Age group (years)

  

 15–24

452

268–639

 25–34

1010

649–1371

 35–44

1394

943–1844

 45–54

2038

1247–2829

 55–64

2803

1575–4032

 65+

5160

3619–6702

Age group (years) and sex

Male

Female

 15–34

712 (447–976)

661 (392–930)

 35–54

1911 (1363–2460)

1778 (954–2601)

 55+

4124 (2822–5426)

3841 (1975–5707)

Wealth quintile

  

 Lowest

2582

1628–3535

 Second lowest

2638

1635–3640

 Middle

1773

1121–2424

 Fourth

778

359–1196

 Highest

464

285–643

Education level

  

 No schooling

3495

2010–4980

 Primary school

1858

1301–2415

 Secondary school

752

512–992

 Tertiary education

339

19–658

Bacteriological Tuberculosis status

  

 Negative

1468

996–1940

 Positive

6773

3453–10093

Smear Tuberculosis status

  

 Negative

1479

1007–1951

 Positive

8527

3180–13874

HIV status

  

 HIV negative

1549

1008–2090

 HIV positive

2187

1428–2946

 HIV status unknown

1249

863–1635

By Province

  

 Central

3222

739–5706

 Copperbelt

309

161–458

 Eastern

695

411–979

 Luapula

2150

524–3777

 Lusaka

729

395–1062

 Muchinga

3794

1818–5771

 Northern

1217

650–1784

 North Western

1688

1077–2299

 Southern

822

294–1349

 Western

9824

3767–15881