Volume 27, Number 6—June 2021
Research
Association between Birth Region and Time to Tuberculosis Diagnosis among Non–US-Born Persons in the United States
Amish Talwar
, Rongxia Li, and Adam J. Langer
, Rongxia Li, and Adam J. Langer
Table 1
Median time to diagnosis of tuberculosis disease not attributed to recent transmission for non–US-born persons by region, United States, 2011–2018
| Region | No. (%) | Unadjusted median time, mo (IQR) | Adjusted median time, mo (95% CI)* |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male sex | Female sex | |||
| Africa | 2,900 (10.2) | |||
| Eastern Africa | 1,618 (5.7) | 61 (25–123) | 185 (178–193) | 175 (167–183) |
| Middle Africa | 286 (1.0) | 26 (11–55) | 128 (116–146) | 121 (108–136) |
| Northern Africa | 125 (0.4) | 62 (25–161) | 177 (153–206) | 166 (143–194) |
| Southern Africa | 56 (0.2) | 77 (28–150) | 185 (156–229) | 175 (146–215) |
| Western Africa |
815 (2.9) |
46 (15–124) |
162 (152–174) |
152 (142–164) |
| Americas | 9,668 (34.1) | |||
| Caribbean | 1,238 (4.4) | 127 (45–273) | 213 (202–225) | 201 (190–212) |
| Central America | 7,071 (24.9) | 174 (74–338) | 246 (242–250) | 236 (229–242) |
| Northern America† | 20 (0.1) | 353 (176–713) | 264 (223–336) | 251 (210–321) |
| South America |
1,339 (4.7) |
141 (60–244) |
230 (218–241) |
216 (206–229) |
| Asia | 14,973 (52.8) | |||
| Central Asia | 45 (0.2) | 60 (33–97) | 187 (158–233) | 177 (148–219) |
| Eastern Asia | 2,921 (10.3) | 210 (88–363) | 277 (266–289) | 263 (253–275) |
| South-eastern Asia | 7,793 (27.5) | 190 (74–325) | 245 (241–248) | 235 (229–240) |
| Southern Asia | 4,023 (14.2) | 76 (27–193) | 210 (203–218) | 198 (191–206) |
| Western Asia |
191 (0.7) |
83 (27–221) |
212 (190–240) |
200 (180–228) |
| Europe | 660 (2.3) | |||
| Eastern Europe | 328 (1.2) | 178 (82–274) | 236 (218–251) | 222 (206–242) |
| Northern Europe | 46 (0.2) | 459 (222–619) | 279 (240–343) | 265 (228–327) |
| Southern Europe | 221 (0.8) | 220 (148–485) | 245 (205–308) | 236 (193–294) |
| Western Europe | 65 (0.2) | 524 (200–645) | 276 (244–324) | 262 (234–309) |
| Oceania | 149 (0.5) | 65 (22–164) | 213 (179–262) | 201 (168–250) |
*Age at arrival fixed at 25–44 y, birth year fixed at 1940–1979. †Excludes United States.
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