Variable | All notifications | Public | Private | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 5106 | n = 4714 | n = 275 | ||||
n | (%)a | n | (%)a | n | (%)a | |
Sex | ||||||
Female | 2324 | (45.5) | 2120 | (45.0) | 141 | (51.3) |
Male | 2782 | (54.5) | 2594 | (55.0) | 134 | (48.7) |
Age group, years | ||||||
< 18 | 365 | (7.2) | 362 | (7.7) | 1 | (0.4) |
18–65 | 3876 | (83.1) | 3587 | (76.1) | 206 | (74.9) |
≥ 65 | 865 | (16.9) | 765 | (16.2) | 68 | (24.7) |
Median age (years) | 33 | (IQR 25–53) | 33 | (IQR 25–52) | 41 | (IQR 30–64) |
Place of birth | ||||||
Australia | 543 | (10.6) | 466 | (9.9) | 45 | (16.4) |
Overseas born | 4563 | (89.4) | 4248 | (90.1) | 230 | (83.6) |
Risk factors | ||||||
Substance abuse | 82 | (1.6) | 74 | (1.6) | 1 | (0.4) |
Born in a high-burden country | 3005 | (58.9) | 2797 | (59.3) | 156 | (56.7) |
Ever resided in an aged care facility | 41 | (0.8) | 36 | (0.8) | 4 | (1.5) |
Indigenous | 9 | (0.2) | 7 | (0.1) | 1 | (0.4) |
Household member or close contact with TB | 904 | (17.7) | 852 | (18.1) | 34 | (12.4) |
Rural healthcare provider | 101 | (2.0) | 94 | (2.0) | 6 | (2.2) |
Manifestation | ||||||
Pulmonary involvement | 2605 | (51.0) | 2248 | (47.7) | 83 | (30.2) |
Disseminated | 269 | (5.3) | 255 | (5.4) | 10 | (3.6) |
Extrapulmonary | 2232 | (43.7) | 1993 | (42.3) | 182 | (66.2) |
Drug resistanceb | ||||||
Fully sensitive | 2978 | (75.2) | 2783 | (75.9) | 148 | (71.2) |
Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB)c | 71 | (1.8) | 67 | (1.8) | 3 | (1.4) |
Mono or poly-resistant, not MDR-TB | 285 | (7.2) | 268 | (7.3) | 11 | (5.3) |
Not recorded | 619 | (15.6) | 535 | (14.6) | 46 | (22.1) |
Median treatment duration in those completing treatment (days) | 215 | (IQR 184–289) | 215 | (IQR 184–288) | 216 | (IQR 185–281) |
HIV-positive (2009–2015) | 39/2739 | (1.3) | 39/2588 | (10.0) | 0/119 | (28.6) |