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Volume 30, Number 3—March 2024
Research

Spatial Analysis of Drug-Susceptible and Multidrug-Resistant Cases of Tuberculosis, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2020–2023

Ruan SpiesComments to Author , Hanh N. Hong, Phu P. Trieu, Luong K. Lan, Kim Lan, N.N. Hue, Nguyen T.L. Huong, Tran T.L.N. Thao, Nguyen L. Quang, Thu D.D. Anh, Truong V. Vinh, Dang T.M. Ha, Phan T. Dat, Nguyen P. Hai, Le H. Van, Guy E. Thwaites, Nguyen T.T. Thuong, James A. Watson1, and Timothy M. Walker1
Author affiliations: University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (R. Spies, G.E. Thwaites, N.T.T. Thuong, J.A. Watson, T.M. Walker); Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (H.N. Hong, P.P. Trieu, L.K. Lan, K. Lan, N.N. Hue, N.T.L. Huong, T.L.T.N. Thao, N.L. Quang, T.D.D. Anh, L.H. Van, G.E. Thwaites, N.T.T. Thuong, J.A. Watson, T.M. Walker); Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V. Vinh, D.T.M. Ha, P.T. Dat, N.P. Hai)

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Table 3

Adjusted incidence rate ratios for association between ward-level indicators and total TB incidence and MDR TB case count relative to total TB case count, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, January 1, 2020–April 30, 2023*

Indicator Total TB incidence (95% CI) MDR TB case count (95% CI)†
Male proportion of population, %
 1.05 (1.02–1.08)
 0.99 (0.94–1.05)
Proportion of population 30–59 years old, %
 1.02 (0.99–1.04)
 1.03 (0.98–1.08)
Average no. persons per household
 1.13 (0.98–1.31)
 0.97 (0.76–1.25)
Literacy rate
1st tertile Referent Referent
2nd tertile 1.06 (0.96–1.18) 1.05 (0.89–1.26)
3rd tertile
 0.96 (0.86–1.07)
 1.01 (0.83–1.25)
Unemployment rate, %
 0.96 (0.92–1.00)
 0.95 (0.87–1.03)
HIV prevalence, % 1.77 (1.54–2.03) 1.08 (0.85–1.38)

*MDR TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; TB, tuberculosis. †Relative to total TB case count.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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