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Table 3 Multivariate rate ratios* comparing TB rates in areas of low (referent) and high SES among U.S.- born and foreign-born populations

From: A national study of socioeconomic status and tuberculosis rates by country of birth, United States, 1996–2005

 

Foreign-born(95% CI†)

U.S.-born(95% CI)

Education‡

1.01 (0.94-1.08)

1.60 (1.48-1.73)

Crowding§

1.16 (1.10-1.21)

2.05 (1.92-2.18)

Incomell

1.14 (1.06-1.23)

1.16 (1.07-1.26)

Unemployment**

1.00 (0.94-1.07)

1.88 (1.75-2.02)

  1. * Multivariate models were adjusted for all SES variables.
  2. † Confidence interval.
  3. ‡ Percentage of the total population 25 and over in the ZIP Code Tabulation. Area (ZCTA) with any college attendance.
  4. § Percentage of housing units in the ZCTA with one or more persons per room.
  5. ll Per capita income in 1999 in the ZCTA.
  6. ** Percentage of the total population in the ZCTA civilian labor force that is unemployed.
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