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Table 1 Numbers, percents and CI by demographics and screening results for study group and TB cases

From: The role of entry screening in case finding of tuberculosis among asylum seekers in Norway

 

Groups

Study group N = 2237

TB cases N = 28

  

Numbers (%)

95% CI

Numbers (%)

95% CI

Age groups

18-34 years

1447 (65)

63-67

22 (79)

63-94

 

35-49 years

656 (29)

27-31

4 (14)

1-27

 

>50 years

134 (6)

5-7

2 (7)

-2-17

Gender

Males

1563 (70)

68-72

13 (46)

28-65

 

Females

674 (30)

28-32

15 (54)

35-72

Marital status

Married

1034 (46)

44-48

10 (36)

18-53

 

Not married

1203 (54)

52-56

18 (64)

47-82

The five most frequent countries

Iraq

224 (10)

9-11

1 (3.6)

-3-10

 

Somalia

457 (20)

19-22

15 (54)

35-72

 

Russia

182 (8)

7-9

4 (14)

1-27

 

Afghanistan

166 (7.4)

6-9

1 (3.6)

-3-10

 

Serbia and Montenegro

149 (6.7)

6-8

2 (7.1)

-2-17

Mantoux test

<6 mm

146 (6.5)

6-8

1 (3.6)

-3-10

 

6-9 mm

680 (30)

28-32

2 (7.1)

-2-17

 

10-14 mm

760 (34)

32-36

8 (29)

12-45

 

≥ 15 mm

637 (28)

27-30

12 (43)

25-61

Abnormal X-ray

 

314 (14)

13-15

16 (57)

39-75