Table 1 Main demographic and clinical characteristics of the tuberculosis cases included in time series analysis 2004–2014 in Germany (n = 51,090)
Characteristics | Subgroups | N | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Site of disease (N = 50,933) | Pulmonary TB | 39,714 | 78 |
Extra-pulmonary TB | 11,219 | 22 | |
Case finding (pulmonary TB) (N = 35,482) | Active case finding (screening) | 5742 | 16 |
Passive case finding | 29,682 | 84 | |
Post-mortem | 58 | 0,1 | |
Diagnosis (N = 51,090) | Clinically diagnosed | 11,672 | 23 |
Clinically−/epidemiologically confirmed | 1134 | 2 | |
Clinically−/laboratory confirmed | 38,284 | 75 | |
Sex (N = 51,009) | Female | 20,221 | 40 |
Male | 30,788 | 60 | |
Age (Years) (N = 51,083) | 0–14 | 1890 | 4 |
15–65 | 35,749 | 70 | |
66+ | 13,444 | 26 |