Table 3 Comparison of prevalence rate of active pulmonary TB between samples from general male and homeless male populations between 2009 and 2010 using age-specific prevalence rate ratio (PR)
| Â | Samples from general population | Homeless people | PR | 95% Low | 95% High | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group | Number of samples | Number of active TB cases | Active TB prevalence rate (/1,000) | Number of samples | Number of active TB cases (observed) | Number of active TB cases (expected) | Â | Â | Â |
20-29 | 234 | 2 | 8.55 | 4 | 1 | 0.034 | 29.25 | 0.38 | 162.74 |
30-39 | 332 | 0 | 0.00 | 33 | 0 | 0.000 | NA | NA | NA |
40-49 | 350 | 1 | 2.86 | 90 | 5 | 0.257 | 19.44 | 6.27 | 45.38 |
50-59 | 303 | 0 | 0.00 | 103 | 6 | 0.000 | NA | NA | NA |
60-69 | 313 | 0 | 0.00 | 41 | 2 | 0.000 | NA | NA | NA |
70+ | 264 | 1 | 3.79 | 18 | 2 | 0.068 | 29.33 | 3.29 | 105.91 |
Total | 1,796 | 4 | 2.23 | 289 | 16 | 0.644 | 24.86 | 14.20 | 40.37 |