Volume 12, Number 9—September 2006
Research
Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by Nationality, the Netherlands, 1993–2001
Table 1
General characteristics of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients in the Netherlands, 1993–2001
Extrapulmonary TB (%) | Pulmonary TB (%) | Total (%) | p value* | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 5,042 (38.0) | 8,216 (62.0) | 13,258 (100) | ||
Sex | <0.01 | ||||
Male | 2,610 (33.1) | 5,285 (66.9) | 7,895 (100) | ||
Female | 2,432 (45.3) | 2,931 (54.7) | 5,363 (100) | ||
Age groups, y | <0.01 | ||||
<14 | 255 (31.4) | 556 (68.6) | 811 (100) | ||
15–24 | 877 (36.1) | 1,553 (63.9) | 2,430 (100) | ||
25–34 | 1,389 (39.3) | 2,149 (60.7) | 3,538 (100) | ||
35–44 | 810 (38.0) | 1,321 (62.0) | 2,131 (100) | ||
45–64 | 893 (40.9) | 1,293 (59.1) | 2,186 (100) | ||
>65 | 818 (37.8) | 1,344 (62.2) | 2,162 (100) | ||
HIV infection† | <0.01 | ||||
Yes | 173 (34.7) | 325 (65.3) | 498 (100) | ||
Unknown | 4,869 (38.2) | 7,891 (61.8) | 12,760 (100) | ||
Nationality | <0.01 | ||||
Dutch | 1,882 (33.1) | 3,800 (66.9) | 5,682 (100) | ||
European, central and eastern | 70 (15.1) | 395 (84.9) | 465 (100) | ||
Turkish | 212 (32.1) | 449 (67.9) | 661 (100) | ||
Moroccan | 509 (40.2) | 758 (59.8) | 1,267 (100) | ||
Somali | 997 (58.9) | 695 (41.1) | 1,692 (100) | ||
African (other) | 456 (36.6) | 789 (63.4) | 1,245 (100) | ||
Asian | 705 (44.1) | 895 (55.9) | 1,600 (100) | ||
Other | 211 (32.7) | 435 (67.3) | 646 (100) | ||
Culture determination | <0.01 | ||||
Positive | 3,400 (36.7) | 5,872 (63.3) | 9,275 (100) | ||
Negative | 188 (51.8) | 175 (48.2) | 363 (100) | ||
Unknown or not performed | 1,454 (40.2) | 2,166 (59.8) | 3,620 (100) |
*p value (2-sided) for proportions by Pearson χ2
†HIV testing is not a standard procedure for TB patients in the Netherlands. HIV infection is recorded in the National Tuberculosis Register as one of the response options of the item "impaired immunity." Considered as HIV infected were those cases with a record of impaired immunity due to HIV infection; all others were classified as HIV status unknown.