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Table 1 Characteristics of tuberculosis cases notified in Victoria from 2002 to 2015

From: Comparing tuberculosis management under public and private healthcare providers: Victoria, Australia, 20022015

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)

  1. Definition of abbreviations: TB tuberculosis, CXR chest x-ray/CT scan, IQR interquartile range
  2. aExcept where stated
  3. bConfined to culture-positive cases: All notifications = 3963 cases; Public = 3665 cases; Private = 208 cases
  4. cDefined as resistance to both isoniazid and rifampicin at initial drug susceptibility testing.