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Table 1 Detection of pulmonary TB among participants screened in population-based surveillance sites in Lwak and Kibera in Kenya, 2011–2014

From: Tuberculosis case finding using population-based disease surveillance platforms in urban and rural Kenya

 

AT HOME

AT CLINIC

Resident population

N

Pop. Screened

n (% of resident pop)

Possible TB casesa

n (% of pop. screened)

Sputum obtained

n (% of possible TB cases)

Confirmed

TB cases

n (% of those with sputum obtained)

TB detection

rate per 100,000 persons screened (95% CI)

Prevalence ratio (95% CI)

Resident population

N

Pop. Screened

n (% of resident pop)

Possible TB casesa

n (% of population screened)

Sputum obtained

n (% of possible TB cases)

Confirmed

TB cases

n (% of those with sputum obtained)

TB detection rate per 100,000 persons screened (95% CI)

Prevalence ratio (95% CI)

a) Lwak

Overall

13,740

6575 (47.9)

1804 (27.4)

1546 (85.7)

18 (1.2)

274 (162–432)

 

13,800

5765 (41.8)

4242 (73.6)

607 (14.3)

28 (4.6)

486 (323–701)

 

Age (yrs)

 15–34

7816

2613 (33.4)

521 (19.9)

422 (81.0)

4 (0.9)

153 (42–392)

Ref

7565

3315 (43.8)

2399 (72.4)

227 (9.5)

15 (6.6)

452 (254–745)

Ref

  ≥ 35

5924

3962 (66.9)

1283 (32.4)

1124 (87.6)

14 (1.2)

353 (193–592)

2.31 (0.76–7.00)

6235

2450 (39.3)

1843 (75.2)

380 (20.6)

13 (3.4)

531 (283–906)

1.17 (0.56–2.46)

Gender

 Female

7617

4716 (61.9)

1289 (27.3)

1107 (85.9)

11 (1.0)

233 (117–417)

Ref

7588

3811 (50.2)

2853 (74.9)

401 (14.1)

12 (3.0)

315 (163–549)

Ref

 Male

6123

1859 (30.4)

515 (27.7)

439 (85.2)

7 (1.6)

377 (152–774)

1.61 (0.63–4.16)

6212

1954 (31.4)

1389 (71.1)

206 (14.8)

16 (7.8)

819 (469–1326)

2.60 (1.23–5.49)

HIV

 HIV-Neg

6519

3332 (51.1)

974 (29.2)

850 (87.3)

4 (0.5)

120 (33–307)

Ref

8857

3634 (41.0)

3099 (85.3)

153 (4.9)

3 (2.0)

83 (17–241)

Ref

 HIV-pos

1143

761 (66.6)

235 (30.9)

211 (89.8)

6 (2.8)

788 (290–1708)

6.57 (1.86–23.22)

1716

891 (51.9)

808 (90.7)

437 (54.1)

24 (5.5)

2694 (1733–3982)

32.63 (9.85–108.11)

Unknown

6078

2482 (40.8)

595 (24.0)

485 (81.5)

8 (1.6)

322 (139–634)

2.68 (0.81–8.91)

3227

1240 (38.2)

335 (27.0)

17 (5.1)

1 (5.9)

81 (2–449)

0.98 (0.10–9.38)

 

AT HOME

AT CLINIC

 

Resident population

N

Pop. Screened

n (% of resident pop.)

Possible TB casesb

n (% of pop. screened)

Sputum obtained

n (% of possible TB cases)

Confirmed

TB cases

n (% of those with sputum obtained)

TB detection

rate per 100,000 persons screened (95% CI)

Prevalence ratio (95% CI)

Resident population

N

Pop. Screened

n (% of resident pop.)

Possible TB casesb

n (% of population screened)

Sputum obtained

n (% of possible TB cases)

Confirmed

TB cases

n (% of those with sputum obtained)

TB detection

rate per 100,000 persons screened

(95% CI)

Prevalence ratio (95% CI)

b) Kibera

Overall

12,864

4616 (35.9)

891 (19.3)

712 (79.9)

14 (2.0)

303 (164–508)

 

11,448

5997 (52.4)

3258 (54.3)

675 (20.7)

41 (6.1)

684 (491–926)

 

Age (yrs)

 15–34

9115

3218 (35.3)

529 (16.4)

410 (77.5)

9 (2.2)

280 (128–530)

Ref

7503

4229 (56.4)

2303 (54.5)

414 (18.0)

24 (5.8)

568 (364–843)

Ref

  ≥ 35

3749

1398 (37.3)

362 (25.9)

302 (83.4)

5 (1.7)

358 (116–833)

1.28 (0.43–3.81)

3945

1768 (44.8)

955 (54.0)

261 (27.3)

17 (6.5)

962 (561–1535)

1.69 (0.91–3.15)

Gender

 Female

6947

3220 (46.4)

614 (19.1)

491 (80.0)

9 (1.8)

280 (128–530)

Ref

5693

3743 (65.7)

2106 (56.3)

387 (18.4)

18 (4.7)

481 (285–759)

Ref

 Male

5917

1396 (23.6)

277 (19.8)

221 (79.8)

5 (2.3)

358 (116–834)

1.28 (0.43–3.82)

5755

2254 (38.4)

1152 (51.1)

288 (25.0)

23 (8.0)

1020 (648–1527)

2.12 1.15–3.92)

HIV

 HIV-Neg

3084

927 (30.1)

247 (26.6)

194 (78.5)

3 (1.5)

324 (67–943)

Ref

4979

2830 (56.8)

1835 (64.8)

213 (11.6)

16 (7.5)

565 (324–917)

Ref

 HIV-pos

371

149 (40.2)

37 (24.8)

25 (67.6)

6 (24.0)

4027 (1768–7793)

12.44 (3.15–49.22)

662

374 (56.5)

286 (76.5)

158 (55.2)

19 (12.0)

5080 (3086–7820)

8.99 (4.66–17.32)

Unknown

9409

3540 (37.6)

607 (17.1)

493 (81.2)

5 (1.0)

141 (46–329)

0.44 (0.10–1.82)

5799

2793 (48.2)

1137 (40.7)

304 (26.7)

6 (2.0)

215 (79–467)

0.38 (0.15–0.97)

  1. aPossible TB cases = Anyone meeting any of the following: any cough, fever, or night sweats in last 2 weeks, or weight loss in last one month. Data at home collected between October – December 2011. Clinic data collected between May 2012 – April 2014. For clinic, resident population is at 30th April 2014. CI=Confidence Interval
  2. bPossible TB cases = Anyone meeting any of the following: any cough, fever, night sweats in last 2 weeks or weight loss in last one month. Data at home collected between January – March 2012. Clinic data collected between April 2012 – March 2014. For clinic, resident population is at 31st March 2014. CI=Confidence Interval