Volume 30, Number 1—January 2024
Research
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Tuberculosis Incidence, Arkansas, USA, 2010–2021
Maheen Humayun, Leonard Mukasa, Wen Ye, Joseph H. Bates, and Zhenhua Yang
Table 3
Disparity in tuberculosis incidence by race, sex, and age, Arkansas, USA, 2010–2021*
| Covariate | Unadjusted risk ratio (95%CI) | Age- and sex-adjusted risk ratio (95%CI) |
|---|---|---|
| Race/ethnicity† | ||
| Hispanic | 4.07 (3.30–5.01) | 5.94 (4.79–7.37) |
| Asian | 17.14 (13.77–21.33) | 21.61 (17.32–26.98) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 3.78 (3.20–4.48) | 4.60 (3.88–5.45) |
| NHPI | 112.64 (92.13–137.73) | 173.58 (140.64–214.24) |
| Non-Hispanic White |
Referent |
Referent |
| Sex‡ | ||
| F | Referent | Referent |
| M |
1.81 (1.59–2.07) |
1.88 (1.64–2.15) |
| Age group§ | ||
| 0–14 y | 0.34 (0.27–0.44) | 0.16 (0.12–0.20) |
| 15–24 y | 0.46 (0.36–0.59) | 0.23 (0.18–0.30) |
| 25–44 y | 0.73 (0.61–0.87) | 0.36 (0.30–0.43) |
| 45–64 y | 0.82 (0.68–0.97) | 0.58 (0.49–0.70) |
| >65 y | Referent | Referent |
*RR calculated by Poisson regression. NHPI, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; RR, risk ratio. †Using unadjusted RR model 1. ‡Using unadjusted RR model 2. §Using unadjusted RR model 3.
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