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Volume 12, Number 9—September 2006
Research

Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by Nationality, the Netherlands, 1993–2001

Lowieke A.M. te Beek*†, Marieke J. van der Werf*Comments to Author , Clemens Richter‡, and Martien W. Borgdorff*§
Author affiliations: *KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, the Netherlands; †Municipal Health Service Kop van Noord-Holland, Schagen, the Netherlands; .; ‡Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, the Netherlands; §Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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Table 3

Distribution of total tuberculosis (TB) and EPTB by sex, age group, and HIV diagnosis category in the Netherlands, 1993–2001*†

Total
TB‡
(%) Total
EPTB
(%) Lymphatic
(%) Pleural (%) Bones and joints (%) Miliary (%) Genitourinary (%) Peritoneal (%) Meninges and CNS (%) Other EPTB (%)
Total 13,258 (100) 5,042 (38.0) 1,963 (14.8) 1,036 (7.8) 465 (3.5) 246 (1.9) 226 (1.7) 178 (1.3) 111 (0.8) 438 (3.3)
Sex
Male 7,895 (100) 2,610 (33.1) 904
(11.5) 676 (8.6) 224 (2.8) 136 (1.7) 121 (1.5) 78 (1.0) 69 (0.9) 219 (2.8)
Female 5,363 (100) 2,432 (45.3) 1,059 (19.7) 360 (6.7) 241 (4.5) 110 (2.1) 105 (2.0) 100 (1.9) 42 (0.8) 219 (4.1)
Age group, y
<14 811 (100) 255 (31.4) 133
(16.4) 32
(3.9) 14 (1.7) 6 (0.7) 0 3 (0.4) 13 (1.6) 23 (2.8)
15–24 2,430 (100) 877 (36.1) 373
(15.3) 204 (8.4) 66 (2.7) 26 (1.1) 10 (0.4) 41 (1.7) 10 (0.4) 82 (3.4)
25–34 3,538 (100) 1,389 (39.3) 608
(17.2) 312 (8.8) 105 (3.0) 40 (1.1) 30 (0.8) 50 (1.4) 31 (0.9) 121 (3.4)
35–44 2,131 (100) 810 (38.0) 347
(16.3) 140 (6.6) 75 (3.5) 34 (1.6) 37 (1.7) 37 (1.7) 13 (0.6) 77 (3.6)
45–64 2,186 (100) 893 (40.9) 301
(13.8) 165 (7.5) 97 (4.4) 45 (2.1) 75 (3.4) 34 (1.6) 28 (1.3) 77 (3.5)
>65 2,162 (100) 818 (37.8) 201
(9.3) 183 (8.5) 108 (5.0) 95 (4.4) 74 (3.4) 13 (0.6) 16 (0.7) 58 (2.7)
HIV infection§
Yes 498 (100) 173 (34.7) 60
(12.0) 18
(3.6) 9 (1.8) 41 (8.2) 2 (0.4) 8 (1.6) 10 (2.0) 21 (4.2)
Unknown 12,760 (100) 4,869 (100) 1,903 (14.9) 1,018 (8.0) 456 (3.6) 205 (1.6) 224 (1.8) 170 (1.3) 101 (0.8) 417 (3.3)

*EPTB, extrapulmonary TB; CNS, central nervous system.
†The denominator for percentages is the total TB cases in the row.
‡Total TB includes both PTB and EPTB.
§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.

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