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Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020
Research

Costs Associated with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection, Ontario, Canada, 2001–2012

Lauren C. RamsayComments to Author , Emily Shing, John Wang, Theodore K. Marras, Jeffrey C. Kwong, Sarah K. Brode, Frances B. Jamieson, and Beate Sander
Author affiliations: University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (L.C. Ramsay, T.K. Marras, J.C. Kwong, S.K. Brode, B. Sander); University of Toronto, Toronto (L.C. Ramsay, T.K. Marras, J.C. Kwong, S.K. Brode, F.B. Jamieson, B. Sander); Public Health Ontario, Toronto (E. Shing, J. Wang, J.C. Kwong, F.B. Jamieson, B. Sander); ICES, Toronto (J. Wang, J.C. Kwong, S.K. Brode, B. Sander); West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto (S.K. Brode)

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Table 3

Baseline characteristics of patients with confirmed nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease and pulmonary isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria, Ontario, Canada, 2001–2012*

Characteristic NTM-PD NTM-PI
Infected persons
 7,384 (100)
 8,580 (100)
Age category at index, y
<5 <6 (<0.1) <6 (<0.1)
5–24 <123 (<1.7) <296 (<3.4)
25–44 633 (8.6) 1,466 (17.1)
45–54 799 (10.8) 1,201 (14.0)
55–64 1,272 (17.2) 1,398 (16.3)
65–74 1,953 (26.5) 1,834 (21.4)
75–84 2,078 (28.1) 1,775 (20.7)
>85
526 (7.1)
 610 (7.1)
Sex
F 3,732 (50.5) 4,158 (48.5)
M
 3,652 (49.5)
 4,422 (51.5)
Rural residence
No 7,065 (95.7) 8,289 (96.7)
Yes
 316 (4.3)
 285 (3.3)
CADG distribution, score
Mean ± SD 5.48 ± 2.1 5.08 ± 2.2
Median
 6
 5
Income quintile
1 (lowest) 1,985 (27.0) 2,671 (31.3)
2 1,562 (21.2) 1,978 (23.2)
3 1,325 (18.0) 1,435 (16.8)
4 1,224 (16.6) 1,287 (15.1)
5 (highest) 1,260 (17.1) 1,165 (13.6)
Died 2,821 (38.2) 2,381 (27.8)

*Units are no. (%) unless otherwise indicated. CADG, collapsed aggregated diagnosis group.

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