Table 1 Number of people screened for tuberculosis in the Zambian national tuberculosis prevalence survey 2013–14, proportion of people diagnosed with tuberculosis and association of age group (15–54 years and 55 years and above) with demographic characteristics
From: Tuberculosis among older adults in Zambia: burden and characteristics among a neglected group
Demographic characteristic | 15–54 | 55+ | Odds Ratios (95% Confidence intervals) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population | Number of Cases | Population | Number of Cases | |||
Overall | 38,619 | 211 (0.5%) | 7484 | 54 (0.7%) | 1.32 (0.95–1.86) | |
Sex | Male | 16,315 | 122 (0.7%) | 3145 | 30 (1.0%) | 1.28 (0.80–2.04) |
Female | 22,304 | 89 (0.4%) | 4339 | 24 (0.6%) | 1.39 (0.89–2.17) | |
Location | Urban | 13,783 | 126 (0.9%) | 2274 | 19 (0.8%) | 0.92 (0.58–1.44) |
Rural | 24,836 | 85 (0.3%) | 5210 | 35 (0.7%) | 1.97 (1.35–2.89) | |
Province | Central | 2403 | 12 (0.5%) | 503 | 1 (0.2%) | 0.40 (0.08–1.97) |
Copperbelt | 6608 | 74 (0.1%) | 1628 | 19 (1.2%) | 1.04 (0.51–2.14) | |
Eastern | 5990 | 8 (0.1%) | 1167 | 4 (0.3%) | 2.57 (1.86–3.55) | |
Luapula | 3013 | 7 (0.2%) | 646 | 2 (0.3%) | 1.33 (0.31–5.69) | |
Lusaka | 7414 | 63 (0.9%) | 1128 | 8 (0.7%) | 0.83 (0.49–1.42) | |
Muchinga | 1052 | 2 (0.2%) | 199 | 0 (0.0%) | NA | |
Northern | 3296 | 17 (0.5%) | 594 | 10 (1.7%) | 3.31 (1.81–6.05) | |
North Western | 2310 | 9 (0.4%) | 530 | 4 (0.8%) | 1.94 (1.24–3.06) | |
Southern | 5089 | 11 (0.2%) | 594 | 4 (0.7%) | 3.12 (0.74–13.19) | |
Western | 1444 | 8 (0.6%) | 495 | 2 (0.4%) | 0.73 (0.29–1.82) | |
Employment Status a | Unemployed | 17,951 | 102 (0.6%) | 2779 | 22 (0.8%) | 1.40 (0.84–2.33) |
Employed | 20,405 | 109 (0.5%) | 4494 | 29 (0.6%) | 1.21 (0.82–1.79) | |
Highest Level of Education | No Schooling | 2172 | 8 (0.4%) | 2107 | 18 (0.9%) | 2.33 (0.99–5.49) |
Primary | 16,759 | 98 (0.6%) | 3916 | 24 (0.6%) | 1.05 (0.61–1.79) | |
Secondary | 18,081 | 100 (0.6%) | 1243 | 9 (0.7%) | 1.32 (0.68–2.55) | |
Tertiary | 1576 | 5 (0.3%) | 218 | 3 (1.4%) | 4.35 (0.73–25.85) | |
Socioeconomic Status b | Lowest | 7374 | 31 (0.4%) | 1474 | 4 (0.3%) | 0.65 (0.26–1.63) |
Lower | 6765 | 29 (0.4%) | 1366 | 8 (0.6%) | 1.37 (0.69–2.73) | |
Middle | 7099 | 51 (0.7%) | 1370 | 14 (1.0%) | 1.43 (0.64–3.18) | |
Higher | 5914 | 39 (0.7%) | 1123 | 14 (1.2%) | 1.90 (0.93–3.91) | |
Highest | 4991 | 25 (0.5%) | 849 | 3 (0.4%) | 0.70 (0.21–2.40) | |