TABLE 1

Results of screening asylum seekers in the Netherlands from countries with a tuberculosis (TB) incidence <50 per 100 000 people, 2011–September 2015

Number screenedTB identified via screeningTB prevalence of screening per 100 00095% CI
TB incidence in the country of origin per 100 000#
 0–9.9423
 10.0–19.934 825823.010.7–43.6
 20.0–29.93496
 30.0–39.9166
 40.0–49.96529461.319.5–147
Total45 4391226.414.3–44.9
Top 5 countries#
 Syria31 470722.29.7–44.0
 Iraq+5327356.314.3–153
 Iran§3086
 Former non-European Union Yugoslav countriesƒ,##2051297.516.4–322
 Albania¶¶547
  • Data are presented as n, unless otherwise stated. #: TB incidence according to the World Health Organization in 2013 [12]; : incidence 15 per 100000; +: incidence 45 per 100000; §: incidence 22 per 100000; ƒ: TB incidence of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia were weighted according to population; ##: incidence 25 per 100000; ¶¶: incidence 18 per 100000.