Table 2 Notified TB cases 2006–2008 in high incidence country of birth (HIC) population by Local Government Areas with relative risk >1.0 compared to rest of NSW HIC population
From: Local level epidemiological analysis of TB in people from a high incidence country of birth
LGA | Total Notified TB cases, 2006-2008 | Average HIC population, 2006-2008 | Annualised TB rate HIC | RR to rest of NSW | 95% Confidence Interval (CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Upper | Lower | |||||
Metro1 | 60 | 21653 | 92.4 | 1.57 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
Metro2 | 21 | 6140 | 114.0 | 1.85 | 1.2 | 2.9 |
Metro3 | 105 | 45446 | 77.0 | 1.27 | 1.0* | 1.6 |
Metro4 | 39 | 14973 | 86.8 | 1.41 | 1.0* | 2.0 |
Metro5 | 29 | 8291 | 116.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.8 |
Metro6 | 96 | 32335 | 99.0 | 1.65 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
Metro7 | 38 | 13914 | 91.0 | 1.48 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
Metro8 | 32 | 11102 | 96.1 | 1.57 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
Metro9 | 72 | 24555 | 97.7 | 1.62 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
NSW | 1071 | 575537 | 62.0 | - | ||