Volume 10, Number 4—April 2004
Dispatch
High Incidence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis a Decade after Immigration, Netherlands
Annelies M. Vos*†
, Abraham Meima*, Suzanne Verver†, Caspar W.N. Looman*, Vivian Bos*, Martien W. Borgdorff†, and J. Dik F. Habbema*
, Abraham Meima*, Suzanne Verver†, Caspar W.N. Looman*, Vivian Bos*, Martien W. Borgdorff†, and J. Dik F. Habbema*
Table
Incidence rate and relative risk of pulmonary tuberculosis according to time since immigration, country of origin, age, sex, and year of diagnosis for immigrants in the Netherlands, 1996–2000
| Incidence rate/100,000 person-years (cases) | Multivariate relative risk (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| Time since immigration (y) 0.5–1.4 1.5–2.4 2.5–3.4 3.5–4.4 4.5–6.4 6.5–9.4 9.5–19.4 >19.5 | 59 (292) 44 (169) 55 )166) 43 (118) 42 (245) 34 (247) 21 (338) 15 (430) | 1.39 (1.14 to 1.69) 1.00 1.14 (0.91 to 1.43) 0.88 (0.69 to 1.11) 0.89 (0.72 to 1.09) 0.80 (0.65 to 0.98) 0.58 (0.48 to 0.71) 0.49 (0.40 to 0.60) |
| Country of origin Morocco Somalia Other Africa Turkey Asia Suriname and Antilles Latin America Central and Eastern Europe Other countries | 47 (334) 373 (392) 69 (270) 21 (178) 25 (419) 16 (194) 19 (33) 22 (100) 5 (86) | 1.83 (1.57 to 2.14) 11.30 (9.63 to 13.25) 2.14 (1.82 to 2.52) 0.83 (0.69 to 1.00) 1.00 0.68 (0.57 to 0.81) 0.76 (0.53 to 1.09) 0.74 (0.59 to 0.93) 0.21 (0.16 to 0.26) |
| Age (y) 0–14 15–24 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–64 >65 Sex Male Female Y of diagnosis 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | 13 (78) 45 (412) 39 (661) 28 (424) 17 (185) 17 (117) 19 (128) 37 (1,291) 20 (714) 31 (413) 30 (408) 25 (356) 28 (408) 27 (421) | 0.25 (0.20 to 0.32) 1.00 (0.88 to 1.13) l.00 0.99 (0.87 to 1.12) 0.81 (0.68 to 0.97) 0.87 (0.71 to 1.08) 1.32 (1.05 to 1.64) 1.62 (1.48 to 1.78) l.00 1.00 0.97 (0.85 to 1.12) 0.80 (0.70 to 0.93) 0.87 (0.76 to 1.00) 0.83 (0.73 to 0.96) |
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