Volume 30, Number 11—November 2024
Synopsis
Mortality Rates after Tuberculosis Treatment, Georgia, USA, 2008–2019
Table 5
Mortality rates and standardized mortality ratios for posttreatment groups compared with the general Georgia population in study of mortality rates after TB treatment, Georgia, USA, 2008–2019*
| Groups |
Mortality rate (95% CI) |
Standardized mortality ratio (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|
| Overall TB cohort† | ||
| Crude mortality rate | 12.69 (11.12–14.43) | Referent |
| Mortality rate adjusted for age and sex | 9.77 (8.29–11.43) | 0.91 (0.75–1.07) |
| Mortality rate adjusted for age only |
10.50 (9.09–12.07) |
0.98 (0.84–1.12) |
| Culture confirmed and treatment completed‡ | ||
| Crude mortality rate | 14.19 (12.20–16.41) | Referent |
| Mortality rate adjusted for age and sex |
10.92 (9.08–13.03) |
1.02 (0.84–1.20) |
| Non-Hispanic White and Black persons§ | ||
| Crude mortality rate | 22.84 (19.79–26.23) | Referent |
| Mortality rate adjusted for age and race |
19.73 (15.64–24.56) |
1.82 (1.60–2.04)¶ |
| US-born persons only# | ||
| Crude mortality rate | 22.51(19.50–25.84) | Referent |
| Mortality rate adjusted for age and sex | 16.93 (14.10–20.15) | 1.58 (1.41–1.76) |
*All rates are per 1,000 person-years. Georgia population had 900,874 deaths; person-time = 90,796,252 person-years. SMR, standardized mortality ratio; TB, tuberculosis. †Number of patients in TB cohort was 3,182. Overall TB cohort follow-up time was 18,426 person-years (no. deaths = 233). ‡Total number was 2,248. Culture-confirmed TB follow-up time was 12,820 person-years (no. deaths = 182). §Total number was 1,899. Follow-up time was 10,797 person-years (no. deaths = 201). ¶Compared with non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic Black persons in Georgia. #Total number was 1,557. Follow-up time was 8,929 person-years (no. deaths = 201).
1Current affiliation: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.