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Table 1 Distribution of Demographic and Clinical Risk Factors Among Michigan TB Cases 2007–2012 (N = 1032): Comparison of Cases in Detroit, those in Wayne County, and those in the rest of Michigan

From: Understanding the intersection of race and place: the case of tuberculosis in Michigan

Covariate

Detroit

Wayne County

Michigan

N

%

N

%

N

%

295

29

138

13

599

58

Case Type

 Culture-confirmation

235

80

87

63

454

76

 No culture-confirmation (clinical case)

60

20

51

37

145

24

Gender

 Male

185

63

80

58

350

58

 Female

110

37

58

42

249

42

Race/Ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic Black

239

81

24

17

131

22

 Non-Hispanic White

18

6

60

43

176

29

 Asian

20

7

45

33

202

34

 Hispanic

18

6

9

7

90

15

Nativity

 U.S.-born

251

85

52

38

243

41

 Foreign-born

44

15

86

62

356

59

Site of Disease

 PTB

216

73

82

59

385

64

 EPTB

55

19

41

30

152

25

 Both PTB and EPTB

24

8

14

10

61

10

 Missing

0

 

1

0.72

1

0.17

Age

 Median (SD) in years

49

21

52

22

45

23

  1. EPTB = extrapulmonary TB; PTB = pulmonary TB
  2. The Wayne County estimates are comprised of the number of cases in Wayne County minus the number of cases in Detroit City
  3. The Michigan estimates are comprised of the number of cases in Michigan minus the cases in Wayne County and Detroit City