|
Characteristics
|
No
|
(%)
|
|---|
|
Age 1)
|
36
|
23-64
|
|
Sex
| | |
|
Male
|
61
|
15.8
|
|
Female
|
326
|
84.2
|
|
Origin
| | |
|
Norway
|
357
|
92.2
|
|
TB low-endemic country
|
15
|
3.9
|
|
TB high-endemic country
|
15
|
3.9
|
|
Work place
| | |
|
Infectious Medicine
|
160
|
41.3
|
|
Pulmonary Medicine
|
123
|
31.8
|
|
Microbiology
|
80
|
20.7
|
|
Pathology
|
24
|
6.2
|
|
Profession
| | |
|
Nurse
|
222
|
57.4
|
|
Physician
|
60
|
15.5
|
|
Laboratory staff
|
99
|
25.6
|
|
Administration
|
6
|
1.6
|
|
Work TB endemic country 2)
|
59
|
15.2
|
|
Stay TB endemic country 2)
|
288
|
74.4
|
|
Exposure to TB at work 3)
| | |
|
Patients
|
239
|
61.8
|
|
Laboratory
|
85
|
22.0
|
|
Exposure to TB outside work
|
50
|
12.9
|
|
BCG vaccinated
|
379
|
97.9
|
|
BCG scar
|
358
|
92.5
|
|
Previous TB
|
3
|
0.8
|
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1)Median (range). Definitions: TB = Tuberculosis. 2)The three longest visits were registered. 3)The three longest contacts were registered.
