Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of nationals and foreign-born with pulmonary tuberculosis notified in SVIG-TB (2008–2017)
From: Tuberculosis amongst foreign-born and nationals: different delays, different risk factors
Variables | Nationals (N,%) | Foreign-born (N,%) | p-valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
N = 12,596 (84.5%) | N = 2303 (15.5%) | ||
Sex | < 0.001 | ||
Male | 8934 (70.9%) | 1537 (66.7%) | |
Female | 3662 (29.1%) | 766 (33.3%) | |
Age at diagnosis | < 0.001 | ||
0–4 | 59 (0.5%) | 9 (0.4%) | |
5–14 | 72 (0.6%) | 26 (1.1%) | |
15–24 | 1057 (8.4%) | 308 (13.4%) | |
25–34 | 1844 (14.7%) | 518 (22.6%) | |
35–44 | 2683 (21.3%) | 646 (28.1%) | |
45–54 | 2572 (20.4%) | 459 (20.0%) | |
55–64 | 1724 (13.7%) | 212 (9.2%) | |
≥ 65 | 2573 (20.4%) | 119 (5.2%) | |
Unemployed > 24 months | 0.63 | ||
No | 10,609 (84.2%) | 1949 (84.6%) | |
Yes | 1987 (15.8%) | 354 (15.4%) | |
Alcohol addiction | 0.05 | ||
No | 10,031 (79.6%) | 1868 (81.1%) | |
Yes | 1910 (15.2%) | 313 (13.6%) | |
Unknown | 655 (5.20%) | 122 (5.3%) | |
Drug addiction | < 0.001 | ||
No | 10,668 (84.7%) | 2016 (87.5%) | |
Yes | 1393 (11.1%) | 170 (7.4%) | |
Unknown | 535 (4.3%) | 117 (5.1%) | |
Imprisoned | 0.61 | ||
No | 12,005 (95.3%) | 2186 (94.9%) | |
Yes | 240 (1.9%) | 40 (1.7%) | |
Unknown | 351 (2.8%) | 77 (3.3%) | |
Homelessness | < 0.001 | ||
No | 12,041 (95.6%) | 2159 (93.7%) | |
Yes | 189 (1.5%) | 67 (2.9%) | |
Unknown | 366 (2.9%) | 77 (3.3%) | |
Community residence | 0.01 | ||
No | 11,806 (93.7%) | 2113 (91.7%) | |
Yes | 396 (3.1%) | 95 (4.1%) | |
Unknown | 394 (3.1%) | 95 (4.1%) | |
Comorbidities | < 0.001 | ||
No | 9606 (77.3%) | 1936 (85.9%) | |
Non-respiratoryb | 1984 (16.0%) | 281 (12.5%) | |
Respiratoryc | 835 (6.7%) | 36 (1.6%) | |
HIVd serology | < 0.001 | ||
No | 10,180 (80.8%) | 1668 (72.4%) | |
Yes | 1179 (9.4%) | 431 (18.7%) | |
Unknown | 1237 (9.8%) | 204 (8.9%) | |