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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of TB cases in the North West of England by Enhanced Case Management level N = 1711

From: Quantifying the need for enhanced case management for TB patients as part of TB cohort audit in the North West of England: a descriptive study

Independent variable

Total (%)

ECM Level

P-value*

  

N = 616 (36%)

N = 528 (31%)

N = 326 (19%)

N = 241 (14%)

 

Age group (n = 1710a)

<0.001

 0–15

89 (5.2)

10 (1.6)

34 (6.5)

28 (8.6)

17 (7.1)

 

 16–30

434 (25.4)

167 (27.1)

124 (23.5)

92 (28.2)

51 (21.2)

 

 31–45

485 (28.4)

193 (31.3)

150 (28.5)

79 (24.2)

63 (26.1)

 

 46–65

394 (23.0)

136 (22.1)

122 (23.2)

67 (20.6)

69 (28.6)

 

  > 65

308 (18.0)

110 (17.9)

97 (18.4)

60 (18.4)

41 (17.0)

 

Gender (n = 1711)

0.85

 Male

999 (58.4)

359 (58.3)

313 (59.3)

187 (57.4)

140 (58.1)

 

 Female

712 (41.6)

257 (41.7)

215 (40.7)

139 (42.6)

101 (41.9)

 

Born in the UK (n = 1675a)

<0.001

 No

1077 (64.3)

427 (71.2)

349 (67.4)

195 (60.4)

106 (45.3)

 

 Yes

598 (35.7)

173 (28.8)

169 (32.6)

128 (39.6)

128 (54.7)

 

Ethnic group (n = 1652a)

<0.001

 White

457 (27.7)

143 (24.2)

118 (23.1)

91 (28.8)

105 (44.9)

 

 Pakistani

564 (34.1)

212 (35.8)

204 (40.0)

93 (29.4)

55 (23.5)

 

 Indian

251 (15.2)

112 (18.9)

49 (9.6)

62 (19.6)

28 (12.0)

 

 Black African

198 (12.0)

65 (11.0)

71 (13.9)

37 (11.7)

25 (10.7)

 

 Bangladeshi

42 (2.5)

17 (2.9)

19 (3.7)

4 (1.3)

2 (0.9)

 

 Otherb

140 (8.5)

43 (7.3)

49 (9.6)

29 (9.2)

19 (8.1)

 

Deprivation quintile (n = 1625a)

<0.001

 1 (least deprived)

92 (5.7)

46 (7.8)

21 (4.2)

12 (3.9)

13 (5.6)

 

 2

120 (7.4)

64 (10.8)

26 (5.3)

19 (6.2)

11 (4.7)

 

 3

148 (9.1)

67 (11.3)

44 (8.9)

16 (5.2)

21 (9.1)

 

 4

238 (14.7)

96 (16.2)

65 (13.1)

44 (14.3)

33 (14.2)

 

 5 (most deprived)

1027 (63.2)

318 (53.8)

339 (68.5)

216 (70.4)

154 (66.4)

 
  1. aMissing data
  2. bIncludes Black Caribbean, Black Other, Chinese and Mixed/Other
  3. *P-value for differences across categories of ECM: Chi-square test for trend (dichotomous variables), Pearson’s Chi-square test (other categorical variables)